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06 Nov 2026 Digital Rights Exchange to strengthen advocacy on AI

Posted at 12:34h in Digital Justice, News

WACC is deepening its partnerships and advocacy on digital justice through the Digital Rights Exchange Programme with ARTIGO 19 Brasil e América do Sul on 8–10 November....

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30 Oct 2026 WACC Europe board hones plans for future, meets WACC members in Geneva

Posted at 17:21h in Communication Rights, News, WACC Europe

The Regional Executive Committee explored issues of communication justice in the European and ecumenical contexts together with WACC members at its meeting in Geneva this week....

Three human silhouettes are depicted mid-stride, each comprising of a collage of hardware used to develop AI including circuit boards and CPU chips. In the background there is a black and grey gradient with smoke. Beneath the runners from the left, there are two rectangle panels which run across the image, one is red and the other is blue.

25 Sep 2026 AI and the social gospel: Reclaiming a moral voice for advocacy

Posted at 12:39h in Digital Justice, News, WACC Europe

What can churches learn from the Christian response to the Industrial Revolution as artificial intelligence reshapes our societies? That question drove the latest WACC Europe Discussion, “AI and the Social Gospel: Reclaiming a Moral Voice for Advocacy,” led by Christian social ethicist Professor Kate Ott. Ott teaches...

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03 Sep 2026 Symbolic and significant, the journey continues: Caribbean media, WACC, and the age of AI

Posted at 19:17h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, News, One Year Projects

Caribbean media organisations are approaching issues like AI with a deliberate regional lens, reflects WACC President Embert Charles. ...

A young Black man with dreads and wearing a blue shirt stands in the middle of a group of 5 men and 1 woman. They are displaying their participant badges on lanyards as they stand on a red-carpeted entrance to a building with signs for the 57th CBU Annual General Assembly

03 Sep 2026 AI, Caribbean storytelling, and finding my place: Reflections from a young media professional

Posted at 13:49h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, News, One Year Projects

Leon Lewis found an opportunity to learn, contribute, connect, and see himself as part of the wider Caribbean media community at the 2026 CBU assembly. ...

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28 Aug 2026 Digital sovereignty: Only path to our common digital future, says new Media Development

Posted at 18:16h in Digital Justice, Media Development, News

People and communities must have a say in the design and development of digital technologies and in the policies that regulate them....

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28 Aug 2026 Discover new video resources on digital rights to inspire advocacy

Posted at 14:28h in Digital Justice, News

Get inspired to take action for digital justice with the presentations from the international symposium "Our Common Future: Advocating for Digital Rights and AI Accountability."...

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21 Aug 2026 AI accountability: Before or after the fact?

Posted at 19:47h in Blog, Digital Justice, News

All of civil society has a moral duty to speak up and ensure that conversations about AI include the voices of those at the margins, writes WACC General Secretary Philip Lee....

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21 Aug 2026 Voices and choices: Why we all need to be involved in decisions about AI

Posted at 19:14h in Blog, Digital Justice, News

AI governance is too important to be left only to powerful tech companies or individual governments, reflects WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher post–Geneva Digital Week 2026....

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20 Aug 2026 Ensuring that digital technology serves the people

Posted at 13:08h in Blog, Digital Justice, News, One Year Projects

WACC partner Maroua Ghith left the WSIS Forum 2026 convinced of the need to ensure digital technologies celebrate diversity and empower communities. ...