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The Association for Progressive Communications is a worldwide network supporting the use of internet and ICTs for social justice and sustainable development.
APC websitehttps://www.apc.org/

Big update: The Internet Archive has launched a new version of GifCities, the search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. It's now easier to explore the glitter, chaos, and charm of early web animation.

Search better. Share better. Blink more.

Learn more: https://blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/keep-on-gifin-a-new-version-of-gifcities-internet-archives-geocities-animated-gif-search-engine/

The deadline is approaching - 2 days left!

Submit your proposal to the OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025 and benefit from the chance to be published in the special themed issue by the Cambridge Forum on Technology and Global Affairs.

Submit now: https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/

Next week, OFE joins the UN Open Source Week! The week builds on last year’s OSPOs for Good conference we helped pioneer. OFE will also be showcasing EOSA at a side event on Tuesday. Learn more about the event: https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/content/open-source-week-2025

🇺🇳  Its #UN #OpenSource Week and we're kicking off with a 2-day, 5-track hackathon for real-world software innovation, #Wikipedia editing, and high-value software maintenance. It's so good to see so many friends and good people here. And we've got the full week ahead, at the world's international headquarters for global digital cooperation. More to come!

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #UnitedNations

>>> How can the future of the internet be imagined beyond social media platforms? What can we learn from other networks?

-----> Those were two of the guiding questions of the recent workshop “After Networks: Reframing Scale, Reimagining Connections” at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where our community shared views from the Local Networks Initiative.

https://www.apc.org/en/blog/after-networks-how-can-future-internet-be-imagined-beyond-social-media-platforms

#LocalNetworks #CommunityNetworks

>>> How can the future of the internet be imagined beyond social media platforms? What can we learn from other networks?

-----> Those were two of the guiding questions of the recent workshop “After Networks: Reframing Scale, Reimagining Connections” at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where our community shared views from the Local Networks Initiative.

https://www.apc.org/en/blog/after-networks-how-can-future-internet-be-imagined-beyond-social-media-platforms

#LocalNetworks #CommunityNetworks

Hacia un enfoque feminista de la seguridad de las personas periodistas

Desde el año 2024 e inicios del año 2025, TEDIC impulsó el proyecto “Hacia un enfoque feminista de la seguridad de las personas periodistas”, con el apoyo del Fondo Mundial para la Defensa de los Medios de la UNESCO, en respuesta a la creciente violenci

https://www.tedic.org/hacia-un-enfoque-feminista-de-la-seguridad-de-las-personas-periodistas/

#Proyecto #Gnero #LibertadDeExpresin #periodistas #SeguridadDigital

59ª sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU – Ginebra

Del 16 al 20 de junio, TEDIC estará presente en la 59ª sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, que se celebrará en Ginebra. La participación se da en el marco de una colaboración con Article 19 de Brasil.

Mariela Cuevas, gerente ejecutiva de TEDIC, i

https://www.tedic.org/59a-sesion-del-consejo-de-derechos-humanos-de-la-onu-ginebra/

#Eventos #democracia #LibertadDeExpresin #ONU #periodistas

Gaza is now enduring its third consecutive day of a total communications crisis. The blackout began on 10 June with the targeting of the main fiber backbone connecting Gaza City and North Gaza, resulting in a full collapse of internet and landline services in those areas.

Read full statement: https://7amleh.org/post/total-internet-blackout-expands-across-gaza,-threatening-complete-telecommunications-collapse