Why is #WSIS20 so relevant and what do we recommend it should include?

The WSIS+20 review must address the rise of tech-facilitated gender-based violence #TFGBV, lack of access in the #GlobalSouth, #AIBias, #DataExtractivism, #DigitalInequality and the #EnvironmentalImpact of digital technologies.

Read more about APC priorities for #wsis2020: https://www.apc.org/.../apc-wsis20-review-high-level-event

Just posted this to the #mozilla ideas forum, if it doesn’t show up I assume it’s because they don’t want to have this discussion, if it does, please upvote it, let’s rescue #firefox from corporate #dataExtractivism and #Dataprivacy violations
Data for doodoo: a new low in extractivism?

Rest of World reports on startup Nippy from Argentina that offers flexworkers free use of the loo in exchange for their data. A new type of extractivism, or is it more than that? The company rents …

Michiel de Lange

I went to a fascinating talk yesterday about participatory mapping and decolonising maps and was introduced to Digital Democracy who are doing amazing work.

One tool they've been developing is a peer-to-peer offline map editor called Mapeo. Indigenous peoples are using it to put their homes on the map in the Amazon.

https://www.digital-democracy.org/mapeo/

#maps #openweb #datasovereignty #dataextractivism #Mapeo #amazon

Digital Democracy