What can our most-read content of 2025 tell us about what’s next? A snapshot of insights from our top 10 articles. Last year, we actively engaged in the WSIS+20 review process. This article highlighted the need for more inclusive and accountable multilateral governance: www.apc.org/en/blog/wsis...

Ready to explore community-centered connectivity? Our Routing for Communities podcast features community centred initiatives in 12 episodes in season 1 + 4 reflection episodes in season 2) on bridging the digital gap. Joins in and share the journey. www.apc.org/en/podcasts/...

Realizamos un espacio de reflexión interna junto a Florencia Goldsman (APC – Dominemos las Tecnologías), sobre su investigación de desinformación en Wikipedia en el contexto de la guerra en Gaza. 📖 Lee la nota: www.derechosdigitales.org/noticias/cua...

What does our top content of 2025 portend for the year ahead? In this recap, we share key insights drawn from the 10 most read pieces of content on our website last year. The funding landscape is shifting, creating uncertainty for civil society: www.apc.org/en/blog/glob... #DigitalRights

Bridging the digital divide in Asia! 🌐 ISEA is linking community-centred connectivity with social entrepreneurship. Through workshops, it is building a regional community of practice to advocate for better policies and local innovation. 🤝 Full story: www.apc.org/en/blog/seed... #DigitalInclusion

The Community Networks Newsletter is back! In this new edition, you'll find news and resources from and for a growing movement that puts communities at the forefront of efforts to bridge the digital divide - grounded in local needs and environmental care. Join in here www.apc.org/en/news/comm...

Encuentro Nacional de Conectividad Centrada en la Comunidad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xS_...

🌿🛜 Technology is most powerful when it originates from the community and is used to serve the community. Learn more about the first National Community-Centered Connectivity Meeting! https://youtu.be/3xS_0OjwjL0?si=Iw14fHg7bOd--YvT

As part of a special coverage of the #COP30 by popular communicators from the Amazon, four episodes of #EcoSoundBites amplified the voices of local organisations reflecting on how #community-centredconnectivity and #environmentaljustice can reinforce each other. 👉️ www.apc.org/en/news/eco-...

Protecting digital rights in the DRC is vital. Rudi International hosted HakiConf, the premier digital rights event in the country. From training lawyers to fostering national debate, they are building a fairer digital future. ✊🏿 Read more: www.apc.org/en/blog/seed... #DigitalRights #HakiConf

What if sci-fi were told through feminist eyes? 🦹🏽‍♀️ From the "A Bag of Seeds" workshop comes Abya Yala, a book of feminist futures created by 150+ diverse voices across Latin America. 📖✨ Read more: www.apc.org/en/blog/seed... #FeministSciFi #AbyaYala #Recap #SeedingChange

To counter disinformation, reclaiming our stories matters. 🎙️ @wougnet.bsky.social is empowering women journalists in Uganda to lead media spaces through a gender lens. As Sandra Aceng says, representation inspires future generations. ✊🏿 Read more: www.apc.org/en/blog/seed... #GenderJustice #Uganda

REMINDER: Call for narratives on community-centred connectivity initiatives and environmental justice is still open. Share your proposal by 31 January. Read more 👉 www.apc.org/en/news/open.... #CommunityNetworks #EnvironmentalJustice @colnodo.bsky.social @intervozes.bsky.social @engagemedia.org

With elections underway in Uganda this January, we call for an open and accessible internet for all. Democracy thrives on free connection, and free elections need a free internet. #KeepTheInternetOnUG

Community-led tech in action! ✊ Colnodo is working with RedINC and other communities in Colombia to refine environmental monitoring kits based on local needs. Science meets lived experience to protect their lands. 🌿 Full story here: www.apc.org/en/blog/seed... #APC #TechRights

What principles and policies should govern the use of generative AI services if civil society organizations choose to do so. What guidance can be referenced from a human rights perspective. 👉 Read the publication here www.apc.org/en/pubs/gene... #GenerativeAI #DigitalJusticeNetwork #Korea

Israel has approved a limited upgrade allowing Palestinian telecom companies in the West Bank to move from 3G to 4G, while Gaza remains forcibly restricted to 2G and excluded altogether.

The APC office will be closed until January 2026. Closing the year with much gratitude. Thank you for being part of it. See you in the new year! Happy resting. #happynewyear #thankyouforyoursupport #bighugs

Wrapping up #2025 we invite you to explore these stories about how communities are organising to reclaim technology as a shared resource, defend rights in hostile environments, and imagine futures beyond extractive and exclusionary systems. www.apc.org/.../seeding-.... #SeedingChange #happy2026

Actualización 2026 – Directorio de personas y colectivas que hacen diseño con #softwarelibre anótense... ya hay más de 60 referencias... https://sursiendo.org/2025/12/actualizacion-2026-directorio-de-personas-y-colectivas-que-hacen-diseno-con-software-libre/

APC's statement presentation during the High-Level Meeting on the review of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (#WSIS+20). "WSIS is about harnessing digital tools for people-centred development, not about developing digital tools and processes". www.apc.org/en/pubs/apc-...

Nova série Eco Sound Bites na #COP30 compartilha vozes de atores locais que refletem sobre #conectividade, comunicação e tecnologias. Cobertura fruto de uma parceria entre a iniciativa LocNet e a @rede.wayur ide comunicadores populares da Amazônia. #conectividadecomunitaria #JusticaAmbiental

🚨As part of our continued commitment to strengthening the safety and well-being of Women Human Rights Defenders, we recently held a Training of Trainers capacity-building workshop on the use and facilitation of the co-created Holistic Security Toolkit. @apc.org

What responsibility do tech companies have to protect their users when democracy falls? ----> Read here www.apc.org/en/news/myan... #DigitalRights #DataProtection #Myanmar #CorporateAccountability

Yes, #OnlineStalking of #WHRDs is real. Marina from @derechosdigitales.org says: "We need a holistic approach.. intersectional, proportional, and contextualised. We need rights-based tech governance [because] when defenders are safe, our democracies are safe too." #16Days #HumanRightsDay @apc.org

Actualización 2026 – Directorio de personas y colectivas que hacen diseño con Software Libre. Si diseñas con herramientas libres o conoces personas y grupos que quieras recomendar ¡Comparte el link para que nos cuenten sobre su trabajo! #SoftwareLibre […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A veinte años de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información, analizamos el proceso WSIS+20 desde los avances que costó sostener, los retrocesos en derechos humanos y género, y las disputas políticas que marcaron la negociación final. ✒️ www.derechosdigitales.org/recursos/a-v...

The Central American Telecommunications and Broadcasting Training Programme for Indigenous and Rural Communities was born from a collective dream. Learn from its journey, in Spanish www.apc.org/es/blog/mas-... and in English. www.apc.org/en/blog/beyo... @redesac-mx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

During the 2023 Manipur conflict, large parts of the state were forcibly disconnected from the rest of the world. Widespread power outages left women without income, safety pathways, learning access, healthcare links, or communication with displaced families.

What are the primary financing frameworks that have guided the #WSISProcess implementation? What kind of financing architectures are needed for equitable and inclusive innovation futures? Join us on 15 Dec, with #globaldigitaljusticeforum and @itforchange.bsky.social www.apc.org/en/event/fin...

🌐 Digital Rights Meet Food Rights at WSIS+20. Join our virtual side-event: "Protecting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Digital Age - Spotlight on the Right to Food" 📅 December 15 | 8:00-9:15 AM ET @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social @itforchange.bsky.social

What does feminist digital safety look like? Why is it important? Riddhima from #POVMumbai says: "Feminist digital safety means it is built into platforms, rather than being an afterthought... Safety is a pre-requisite to fully and freely participate online." #TakeBackTechJoy #16Days @apc.org

Postales sonoras de los Principios Feministas de Internet: resistenciadigital.org/tag/postales... #principiosfeministas #InternetFeminista #ResistenciaDigital

Supporting Women Human Rights Defenders' advocacy is now more important than ever before. As Anais from #NavegandoLibres puts it: "Funding #WHRDs means funding the fight for a dignified world... asking for our rights and dignity is never extreme." #TakeBackTechJoy #NoTechForWar @apc.org #16Days

Mañana 👇 #SistemasFeministas

Open call for narratives on community-centred connectivity initiatives and environmental justice Send your pitch by 31 January 2026: www.apc.org/en/news/open... #CCCI #CommunityNetworks #OpenCall

The methods of the #Varakashi social media stalkers are both brazen and subtle. They are so adept [and] can quickly morph [identities], says a former digital #stalker working for Zimbabwe’s government. Read here: genderit.org/feminist-tal... #NarrativesOfPower #NoTechForWar #16Days @apc.org

Sistemas feministas de responsabilidad frente a la violencia de género facilitada por la tecnología Este miércoles, 10 de diciembre 👇 www.apc.org/es/event/sis... #ViolenciadeGenero #Tecnología #TFGBV

Con @derechosdigitales.org @itforchange.bsky.social @unfpa.org

Sistemas feministas de responsabilidad frente a la violencia de género facilitada por la tecnología Este miércoles, 10 de diciembre 👇 www.apc.org/es/event/sis... #ViolenciadeGenero #Tecnología #TFGBV

What are the primary financing frameworks that have guided the #WSISProcess implementation? What kind of financing architectures are needed for equitable and inclusive innovation futures? Join us on 15 Dec, with #globaldigitaljusticeforum and @itforchange.bsky.social www.apc.org/en/event/fin...

Can digital safety legislation be developed without relying on surveillance-heavy solutions? Annex from @pollicy.bsky.social says: "Digital safety regulations are important [but] we recommend government bodies to employ a gender lens in [forming] these regulations." #16Days #NoTechForWar @apc.org

“Raising public awareness is a crucial tool in combating technology-facilitated sexual harassment." APC member Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment on "Recent Incidents of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence." unb.com.bd/category/Ban... #TFGBV #8M #InternationalWomensDay

Trans people are often stalked online. #NarrativesOfPower #16Days A lot of times, such stalking aims to discredit, silence, and amplify rampant anti-trans #disinformation — this has real consequences for an already vulnerable community. Read: genderit.org/feminist-tal... @apc.org

Highly visible movements are targeted on social media as “a calculated effort to reverse the gains of the 2010s, and to isolate and punish those who dared to be visible,” says Zoya Rahman. #WHRDVoices #16Days @apc.org Deconstruct #BigTech visibility on @GenderITorg: genderit.org/Unyielding_A...

In South Africa, it’s common practice for retail stores to display a cashier’s full name. For women, it turns into a nightmare. A booming retail industry and an abundance of labour means that women are scared to ask for safety concessions. #16Days @apc.org Read: genderit.org/feminist-tal...

“The moment an opinion divulges from the status quo, their personal identity becomes a weapon for character assassination.” Have you seen this happen around you? #India Read on @GenderITorg: genderit.org/feminist-tal... #NoTechForWar #NarrativesOfPower @apc.org

Coordinated disinformation campaigns use ethnicity and gender to target Muslim women in #SriLanka. Fawzul Himaya on how “online safety” laws are often used against free speech, and how solidarity can guide us to a better world: genderit.org/Unyielding_A... #WHRDVoices #16Days @apc.org

#WHRDVoices: Graciela, a campesina woman deeply rooted to the land, writes about how disinformation campaigns existed before the internet, and its parallels with disinformation campaigns on the internet. Read on #GenderITorg: genderit.org/Unyielding_A... #SafetyForVoices #16Days @apc.org

On #WorldDisabilityDay, read about the human cost of RSF’s monopoly on Sudanese communications. Aid groups, community kitchens and emergency response rooms struggle to deploy resources where they’re most needed. #NoTechForWar #16Days Read @apc.org #GenderITorg: genderit.org/feminist-tal...