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"Gay Girl in Damascus" needs to Man Up, says APC
MONTEVIDEO27 June 2011 (APC for APC)Tom MacMaster’s masquerading as blogger activist “Gay Girl in Damascus” was harmful, say APC in a statement, and endangers the right to use the internet anonymously.
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Closer than ever: A guide for social change organisations who want to start...
MONTEVIDEO27 June 2011 (KAH for APCNews)APC has been working online since the late 1980s so it’s no wonder that a wealth of experience has been captured regarding how to best do social justice work...
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First Latin American and Caribbean convention of Internet Governance
QUITO27 June 2011 (APC for APCNews) The Fourth Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will take place from August 8th to 11th, 2011 in the city of Port Spain, Trinidad and...
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APC's sparks debate at UN over internet rights
OTTAWA27 June 2011 (GJ for APCNews)Joy Liddicoat In the wake of APC’s side event on freedom of expression at the Human Rights Council’s 17th session, the UN has, for the first time, taken a major step...
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Feminist tips for online campaigning
MONTEVIDEO27 June 2011 (AL for APCNews)This guide includes all you need to know to plan your online campaign from a feminist perspective. What does this mean? That Strategising Online Activism: A...
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First rural development in Africa conference in November
JOHANNESBURG28 June 2011 (KAH for APC) ICT4RD 2011 is the first African conference to apply ICT and practices to rural development taking place in Johannesburg on November 1-3. Organised by APC member...
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APC partners arrested in Malaysia for pro-democracy campaign
MONTEVIDEO29 June 2011 (APC for APCNews) 7 members of APC’s MDG3 partner in Malaysia, EMPOWER, have been detained as part of a crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners. Join the letter writing campaign...
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Civil society declines to support OECD communique on principles of internet...
PARIS30 June 2011 (APC for APC)The Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD, of which APC is part, has declined to support the official communique on principles for internet...
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APC and IDRC host climate change, ICT and water workshop
MONTEVIDEO30 June 2011 (APC for APCNews)APC and Canadian development agency IDRC are hosting this four-day workshop with expert participants from around the world in Johannesburg on July 7-10. This is...
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Sexuality 2.0: Online socialising and internet regulation
MONTEVIDEO30 June 2011 (APC for APCNews) Experts from Brazil, India, South Africa and the USA will be presenting APC’s groundbreaking EroTICs research in Madrid at the VIII International Association...
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APC expresses concern over OECD Communique on principles for internet...
JOHANNESBURG1 July 2011 (APC for APC)“Anyone involved in the development of the internet over the last twenty years knows that transgression has probably been a far greater driver of innovation than IP...
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APC questions new Pakistan petition to filter the internet
JOHANNESBURG7 July 2011 (APC for APC)A recent petition which calls on Pakistani internet service providers to filter the internet has sparked concern among internet rights advocates. APC criticises the...
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Pro-democracy protesters in Malaysia warn of internet clampdown
KUALA LUMPUR8 July 2011 (APC for APCNews)Bersich 2.0 protest posterAs the Berish 2.0 protesters campaign for free and open elections, signs of a stuttering internet from various providers are becoming...
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Sex rights activists organise in secret on the net
11 July 2011 (Esther Nasikye for GenderIT.org) For years sexual rights activists in repressive societies have been using the internet as a means to communicate, organise and express their sexuality...
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EroTICs raises fascinating questions about sex and the internet, say experts
OTTAWA11 July 2011 (GJ for GenderIT.org) APC’s two-year research into sexuality and the internet reveals that contrary to popular opinion sexuality online is about much more than porn. As the EroTICs...
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Sexuality online in Lebanon and USA: Censorship is not the answer
11 July 2011 (Mavic Cabrera-Balleza for GenderIT.org) Controlling — or filtering — what people can and can’t see online related to sex however well intentioned can have a profoundly negative impact....
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Sexual minorities marginalised in internet policy debates in Brazil
ROSARIO11 July 2011 (FF for GenderIT.org) The EroTICs research team in Brazil studied the complex relationship between sexual minorities and internet policy. Their findings show that these groups were...
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Pakistan blocks sex, drugs AND rock and roll
OTTAWA12 July 2011 (GJ for APCNews) Pakistani authorities have blocked Rolling Stone magazine’s website for criticising the country’s level of military spending. But other banned sites are back online,...
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Take Back the Tech! allows abused women to unburden in Pakistan: But what next?
LAHORE12 July 2011 (APC for GenderIT.org)Denouncing sexual abuse in Pakistan is a risky move. But after over six years of abuse by her biological father, a young woman who attended an APCTake Back the...
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