Shutting down the Internet subverts democracy
The Internet is the world’s digital lifeline. For the approximately 5.6 billion people connected to the Internet (some 70% of the global population),...
06 October, 2025
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The flatline: Gender equality in media still just a dream
A Beijing+30 reflection Exactly 30 years ago today, hope for a new dawn for women and girls was palpable. Governments and civil society that had...
22 September, 2025
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Reinventing multilateralism through communication rights
Have you ever read through the agenda of a United Nations General Assembly? The 80th regular session of the General Assembly opens tomorrow, 9...
08 September, 2025
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The importance of the right to memory
Visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is harrowing. It records, in photos, artifacts, quotes, and stories, the days and months following the dropping...
25 August, 2025
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In the face of genocide, no place for silence
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11 August, 2025
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US exit from UNESCO underscores need for civil society to step up
The US government just announced it will withdraw from UNESCO (again) effective December 31, 2026, stating that “[c]ontinued involvement in UNESCO is not...
28 July, 2025
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Financing digital justice: Turning vision into reality
Advancing digital rights, connecting billions, and democratizing data will cost money. After the last week’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High...
15 July, 2025
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Beyond Connectivity – Advocating Community at the World Summit on the Information Society
Today, 30 June, is “World Social Media Day” – a commemoration created by the website Mashable in 2010 that celebrates the transformative power...
30 June, 2025
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All the lies, distortions, and fake news fit to print
“All the news that’s fit to print” was a motto adopted by American newspaper publisher Adolph S. Ochs – an immigrant from Germany...
16 June, 2025
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The wild west of AI regulation
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act intended to deliver the President’s domestic agenda. Among the provisions...
05 June, 2025
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Communication justice must be at heart of decolonizing international development
The availability of funding for international development is on the decline.The United States, the world’s largest international development donor in historical terms, recently...
21 May, 2025
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World Press Freedom Day: A reminder to think local
When I started to think about World Press Freedom Day (3 May) this year, my mind – and fingers on the keyboard –...
05 May, 2025
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