A member of the Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers, Karen Frost-Arnold, is helping to organize a conference called "Digital Decolonization and Digital Justice," to be held at the U of Johannesburg in August. The CFP is here:

https://www.uj.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2025-08-13_14-aceps-digital-decolonisation-and-digital-justice-cfa-2.pdf

What does it mean to consider meaningful connectivity through a community-oriented perspective?

Read this chapter in the #GISWatch 2024 special edition, available in multiple digital formats

https://giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/what-does-meaningful #digitaljustice #CommunityNetworks

Regulation in cyberspace is no longer a question of "yes" or "no." It is a question of "how" and "who," writes Wolfgang Kleinwaechter in the #GISWatch 2024 special edition.

What does this entail? Read more:

https://www.giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/role-governments-policy-and

Are tech companies opting out of multistakeholder discussions?

Read this report in the #GISWatch 2024 special edition on WSIS+20: Reimagining horizons of dignity, equity and justice for our digital future.

https://www.giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/diminishing-returns-are-tech #DigitalJustice

How do we shape information societies for human needs?

Read about the relevance of the WSIS process, 20 years on, in an in-depth analysis by Sally Burch in the 2024 special edition of #GISWatch

https://giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/shaping-information-societies #WSIS20 #DigitalJustice

In times of conflict, cutting-edge tools are often used to commit atrocities.

This chapter by @avilarenata in the new #GISWatch special edition calls for "a strategy to reclaim a space where citizens have a voice about the future of technology." https://www.giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/lets-occupy-internet-governance