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Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 12d

Coorganizamos este lanzamiento con Observacom y el Foro sobre Información y Democracia.

📅 Jueves 16 de octubre | 🕚 11:00 (Chile/Argentina/Uruguay)
🌐 Evento online – en español con interpretación en vivo al inglés
🔗 Inscripción: us06web.zoom.us/j/87418423128

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 12d

🤳🏾 ¿Has oído hablar del shadow banning? Es cuando tu contenido está en línea, pero nadie lo ve.

🗣️ Acompáñanos en el lanzamiento del informe: «El shadow banning: la censura sutil y oculta de las grandes plataformas digitales»

Más información e inscripciones aquí abajo 👇🏼 🧵

Will African governments take on the mantle to regulate Big Tech? A reflection on the recent data privacy litigation case in Nigeria - Digital Action

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 13d

🌍 🇳🇬 Will African governments take on the mantle to regulate Big Tech?

Check out this analysis of the recent data privacy litigation case in #Nigeria. By Tean Hubert Bondo, Kimal Harvey, Sandra Aceng, and Y. Z. Ya’u — members of the Global Coalition for Tech Justice.

By: Adeboro Odunlami, Bulanda Nkhowani, Jean Hubert Bondo, Kimal Harvey, Sandra Aceng and Y. Z. Ya’u, who are members of the Global Coalition for Tech Justice. In recent months, social media…

Agenda – Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAFRICA)

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 15d

The event is co-hosted by Observacom and the Forum on Information and Democracy.

📅 Thu, Oct 16 | 🕚 11:00 (Chile/Argentina/Uruguay)
🌐 Online – in Spanish w/ live English interpretation
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/j/8741842312...

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 15d

🤳🏾 Ever heard of shadow banning? It’s when your content is still online, but invisible. A subtle, hidden form of censorship on major platforms.

🗣️ Join us for the launch of the new report:

“Shadow Banning: The Subtle and Hidden Censorship of Major Digital Platforms”.

[Learn more and register👇🏼 🧵]

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Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 21d

🌍 📢 #Tomorrow! Join Bulanda T Nkhowani, Yvonne Eweka, Adeboro Odunlamia and Shabnam Mojtahedi at #FIFAfrica25 for a conversation on how Big Tech is shaping democratic processes and the public sphere.

Learn more: internetfreedom.africa/fifafrica-ag...

Will African governments take on the mantle to regulate Big Tech? A reflection on the recent data privacy litigation case in Nigeria - Digital Action

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 22d

👉 This analysis was written by Adeboro Odunlami, Jean Hubert Bondo, Kimal Harvey, Sandra Aceng and Y. Z. Ya’u.

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 22d

🌍 🇳🇬 Will #African governments take on the mantle to regulate Big Tech? Read the analysis of the recent data privacy litigation case against Meta in #Nigeria by members of the Global Coalition for Tech Justice 👇

digitalaction.co/will-african...

By: Adeboro Odunlami, Bulanda Nkhowani, Jean Hubert Bondo, Kimal Harvey, Sandra Aceng and Y. Z. Ya’u, who are members of the Global Coalition for Tech Justice. In recent months, social media platforms...

The Internet Coup: A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes | InterSecLab

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 26d

🌏 InterSec Lab published a report analyzing a leak from Geedge Networks and how the company is expanding commercially available national firewalls, enabling client governments to more easily monitor and control their own networks. interseclab.org/research/the...

This research reveals groundbreaking findings on how Geedge Networks is selling an extensive suite of next-generation digital repression tools to client governments around the world.

interseclab.org

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · 27d

📃🇩🇴 In a region where platforms have largely operated with impunity, the #Dominican draft law opens a real window for accountability...

... But delivering on that promise takes more than good intentions. Vladimir Cortés unpacks it here (En & Sp) digitalaction.co/challenging-...

Challenging Big Tech Power: Dominican Republic’s Move Toward Rights-Based Regulation - Digital Action

Read the Spanish Version Here By Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky The Dominican Republic is quietly looking to make history. While tech giants flex their muscles against regulation worldwide, Dominican ...

Global Gathering Agenda 2025 - TCU Wiki

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Sep 4

✨ Find us at the Global Gathering in Estoril! ✨

Among all the crucial conversations we'll be joining, we will also be hosting a circle about joy (yes! 🙌 ) and a booth for the Global Coalition for Tech Justice.

Check out the Gathering's agenda here:

Check out the Global Gathering 2025 Homepage for more information

wiki.digitalrights.community

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣 🥁 We are thrilled to announce our partnership with SMEX’s Bread&Net, the region’s leading annual unconference on digital rights.

Bread&Net is a collective effort to imagine and build the digital futures our communities deserve.

Join us in Lebanon - October 29–31 breadandnet.org

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Aug 28

📃🇩🇴 In a region where platforms have largely operated with impunity, the #Dominican draft law opens a real window for accountability. But delivering on that promise takes more than good intentions.

Vladimir Cortés unpacks it here (En & Sp)☞ digitalaction.co/challenging-...

Challenging Big Tech Power: Dominican Republic’s Move Toward Rights-Based Regulation - Digital Action

Read the Spanish Version Here By Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky The Dominican Republic is quietly looking to make history. While tech giants flex their muscles against regulation worldwide, Dominican ...

Agenda – Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAFRICA)

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Aug 27

‪[Date has been corrected]

📢 Join Bulanda Nkhowani and Yvonne Ogieomo Eweka on September 26 at #FIFAfrica25 for a timely conversation on how Big Tech is shaping democratic processes and the public sphere.

👉 Learn more: internetfreedom.africa/fifafrica-ag...

Agenda – Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAFRICA)

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Aug 27

[‼️ Update: We have to make a correction on the date! The session will take place on *September 26th*.

We apologize for the mistake and hope you will stay tuned for further news on the event!]

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢 Join Bulanda Nkhowani and Yvonne Ogieomo Eweka this Friday, August 26 at #FIFAfrica25 for a timely conversation on how Big Tech is shaping democratic processes and the public sphere.

👉 Learn more: internetfreedom.africa/fifafrica-ag...

Agenda – Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAFRICA)

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢 Join Bulanda Nkhowani and Yvonne Ogieomo Eweka this Friday, August 26 at #FIFAfrica25 for a timely conversation on how Big Tech is shaping democratic processes and the public sphere.

👉 Learn more: internetfreedom.africa/fifafrica-ag...

Llamado a proponer sesiones – lacigfForo de Gobernanza de Internet de América Latina y el Caribe 2024

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢 El llamado a proponer sesiones para el #LACIGF se extiende hasta el próximo 24 de agosto.

El LACIGF es una iniciativa regional sobre los temas relevantes de la gobernanza de internet y políticas digitales en #Latinoamérica y #Caribe.

Más información ☞ lacigf.org/llamado-a-pr...

lacigf.org

Challenging Big Tech Power: Dominican Republic’s Move Toward Rights-Based Regulation - Digital Action

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Aug 19

📃🇩🇴 The #DominicanRepublic may be small, but its bill could shape platform governance across Latin America. A bold model of user rights + regulation — if done right. Read Vladimir Cortés blog on the bill’s potential and risks. In En & Sp: digitalaction.co/challenging-...

Read the Spanish Version Here By Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky The Dominican Republic is quietly looking to make history. While tech giants flex their muscles against regulation worldwide, Dominican ...

Grok’s Amplification of Hate: We need a Global Regulation on Gen AI - Digital Action

Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social · Jul 29

Grok AI just told people to harm an activist. :exploding_head: We urgently need legally binding international standards that place human rights, public safety, transparency, and accountability above platform power. Read the full blog here: digitalaction.co/groks-amplif...

By Mona Shtaya In a digital ecosystem powered by Elon Musk’s alt-right populist vision, X and its AI arm, xAI, have become a breeding ground for hate. At the center of this storm is Grok — Musk’s so-c...