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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.
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¿Cuál es el impacto del programa de capacitación para coordinadorxs de redes TIC en comunidades rurales e indígenas de América Latina?
@APC

Este nuevo informe revela los resultados de una evaluación de impacto integral.

Disponible también en español: https://cnlearning.apc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ES-Evaluacion-de-Impacto-del-Programa-de-Formacion-de-Coordinadores-de-Redes-TIC-en-comunidades-rurales-e-indigenas-de-America-Latina.pdf

>>> What was the impact of the training program for ICT network coordinators in rural and Indigenous communities in Latin America?

This report shows the program’s impact on graduates’ technical, organisational, and methodological skills. There are also recommendations on key areas such as sustainability, pedagogical strategies and cross-cutting gender approach.

----> Read it here
https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_full_size/public/2025-08/tapa-reporte_1.png?itok=VpRBK87b

Available in Spanish.

#IndigenousCommunities #CommunityNetworks

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>>> What was the impact of the training program for ICT network coordinators in rural and Indigenous communities in Latin America?

This report shows the program’s impact on graduates’ technical, organisational, and methodological skills. There are also recommendations on key areas such as sustainability, pedagogical strategies and cross-cutting gender approach.

----> Read it here
https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_full_size/public/2025-08/tapa-reporte_1.png?itok=VpRBK87b

Available in Spanish.

#IndigenousCommunities #CommunityNetworks

@redesac_mx

Good point, @diegodlh @wikipedia.

The ruling introduced certain safeguards that are important for platforms which do not operate under the #BigTech model.

Our interviewees pointed out both positive aspects and risks, including the need for more specific regulation through participatory process.

This statement explains the issues in more detail (available in Portuguese), and was endorsed, among others, by Wikimedia Brasil. Let us know if it's useful:

https://direitosnarede.org.br/2025/07/02/nota-sobre-julgamento-do-stf-sobre-a-constitucionalidade-do-artigo-19-do-marco-civil-da-internet/

NOTA SOBRE JULGAMENTO DO STF SOBRE A CONSTITUCIONALIDADE DO ARTIGO 19 DO MARCO CIVIL DA INTERNET - Coalizão Direitos na Rede

A Coalizão Direitos na Rede (CDR) vem por meio deste documento expressar seu posicionamento sobre o julgamento do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) pela parcial inconstitucionalidade o artigo 19 do Marco Civil da Internet, a partir do Recurso Extraordinário 1037396 (Tema de Repercussão Geral 987) e do Recurso Extraordinário 1057258 (Tema 533). Desde o início do […]

Coalizão Direitos na Rede

>>> Brazil is exploring ways to hold platforms accountable in court and beyond.

Holding platforms accountable is urgent worldwide, and the Brazilian Supreme Court has set an important precedent.

“The decision establishes, legally, in Brazil, that digital platforms are not neutral in relation to the content that circulates in the virtual environment."

----> Read more: https://www.apc.org/en/node/40798/

#Brazil #platformgovernance #Accountability

>>> Brazil is exploring ways to hold platforms accountable in court and beyond.

Holding platforms accountable is urgent worldwide, and the Brazilian Supreme Court has set an important precedent.

“The decision establishes, legally, in Brazil, that digital platforms are not neutral in relation to the content that circulates in the virtual environment."

----> Read more: https://www.apc.org/en/node/40798/

#Brazil #platformgovernance #Accountability

We've already said this, but we care about the #Fediverse <3

>>> Have you checked our @peertube instance? We use it to share and promote #FeministInternet content online.

https://media.apc.org/search?search=Feminist&searchTarget=local

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>>> What do we mean when say we need to place "gender" in disinformation?

Plan International interviewed 14,000 girls across 31 countries in the study Free to Be Online? and concluded:

"Girls are targeted online because they are young and female. If they are politically outspoken, disabled, Black or identify as LGBTIQ+, it gets worse. [...] It is unremitting, psychologically damaging and can lead to actual physical harm.'"

https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/placing-gender-disinformation

#FeministInternet #GenderedDisinformation

We've already said this, but we care about the #Fediverse <3

>>> Have you checked our @peertube instance? We use it to share and promote #FeministInternet content online.

https://media.apc.org/search?search=Feminist&searchTarget=local

APC Media Server

Association for Progressive Communication (APC) media server

APC Media Server

>>> Seven projects proving community networks connect much more than devices

Supported by the @internetsociety, the Asian Institute of Technology and APC, the training fostered cross-border collaboration with Thai groups and produced learning materials in Burmese.

----> Read more: https://www.apc.org/en/news/seven-projects-proving-community-networks-connect-much-more-devices

#communitynetworks

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Introducing “Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures” 🌱

⚡ Infrastructures as a mutual support network. Not competition, but collaboration—we need this support to navigate change.

#TechnologyCommunity

See the full research here: https://sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-for-environmental-justice-from-autonomous-and-community-based-technological-infrastructures