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The "Internet for Trust" Conference, organized by UNESCO, addressed the regulation of platforms, an important topic for democracies, lives and agencies around the world. There is a need for more spaces for the exchange of ideas and experiences, especially from an intersectional and Global South perspective, for the formulation of Guidelines for the Regulation of Digital Platforms, considering that the topic involves enormous complexities. Furthermore, it is important that these Guidelines are the product of a careful process that reinforces the human rights to freedom of expression and access to information.
Cybercrime is currently a global concern. Therefore, several States are creating tools to combat it. International organizations, such as the UN and the World Economic Forum, have drawn attention to the issue. As it is a phenomenon without borders, there is an increased interest in having more coordination and cooperation mechanisms for the prevention and punishment of crimes committed through information and communication technologies.
At almost the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the consortium of 11 organizations from academia and civil society, AlSur, worked collectively to strengthen its Strategy for the coming years and articulate a perspective from the global South on the impacts of technologies on human rights.
The consortium of 11 organizations working in civil society and academia to strengthen human rights in the digital environment in Latin America, Al Sur, has been a member of Twitter's Trust & Safety Council for several years. That is why we express our concern about the news of its closure, an action that adds to other arbitrary measures taken by the new management of Twitter.
Regional networks Al Sur; Alianza Regional por la Libre Expresión e Información;
This panel will be the opportunity to talk about this initiative and its main findings, as a reflection on how public policies trust freely in technological solutions for problems that are much more complex.
The General Privacy Assembly (GPA) has selected the ADC's executive director, Valeria Milanes, to be part of its reference panel representing our coalition, Al Sur.
With EFF, EDRi, IT-Pol Denmark, Article 19, Derechos Digitales, and Homo Digitalis, Al Sur has presented a joint report with shared concerns on the new draft of the Second Budapest Additional Protocol on Cybercrime.
The consultation was organized by the ITU Council Working Group on International Public Policy Issues Related to the Internet (CWG-Internet). It is the first time that Al Sur is part of an ITU public call for cooperation.
Register in our pre-event organized in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) context.
The COVID-19 crisis has led many governments to enable digital technologies to keep track and control people with this coronavirus. In our continent, we can find examples as mobile applications, websites, or even drones. Are these technologies harmonious with human rights?
The report has included our reports "Business and Human Rights: Regional Report on Technology, Big Data and Cyber Surveillance," as well as "Recommendations for transparency and anti-corruption in the acquisition and use of surveillance technologies by the American States" presented on the occasion of the Summit of the Americas in 2018.Site by
