International Women's Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Each year, this day serves as a reminder of the progress made towards...
Civil society advocates are concerned that governments, security services, and Big Tech may misuse digital technologies to suppress, control, and profit from ordinary people, says Philip Lee, Media Development editor,...
Media Development 2024-1
Towards Democratic Governance of Digital Society
Many actors in civil society worry that digital technologies, including those based on AI, can be appropriated by governments, security services, and global...
Over one hundred years of sci-fi books, magazines, TV programmes, and films have made it easier (as Dr Who fans will testify) to believe that aliens from outer space are...
Seán Ó Siochrú and Anita Gurumurthy
At the turn of this century, many in civil society believed we were witnessing the dawn of a new era for the public sphere, one...
Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami
Long ago, and when we were still tentative in our vocabulary, Dalit women’s collectives in Mysuru – with very little material wherewithal, but the immense largeness...
IT for Change 2023
While AI is not new to the field of computational science, the release of ChatGPT by Open AI in November 2022 marked a watershed moment. In a...
Jim McDonnell
In the development and deployment of technologies based on AI, how can the voices of civil society organisations be raised against their potential risks and harms, but also for...
Vassilis Chryssos
In the wake of a swiftly changing post-COVID landscape, there is a notable surge in digitization and datafication within economies and societies, raising concerns. Advocacy efforts for digital inclusion...
Carlos F. Baca-Feldman
Data on connectivity to telecommunications services in the world show very significant growth in the last five years. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) report Measuring digital...