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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#CommunityNetworks are not only about connectivity. They are about strengthening community resilience, supporting environmental stewardship and building more equitable futures.
Join us tomorrow for a webinar in exploring how community networks can advance #ClimateJustice
📅 17 June 2026 | 14:00 UTC
As DRAPAC26 concludes, our latest Seeding Change story by @apc.org and @engagemedia.org reflects on lessons from DRAPAC25 and the importance of communities of practice in strengthening digital rights movements across Asia-Pacific.
📖 Read the story: www.apc.org/en/blog/seed...
APC joins more than 100 organisations, researchers, technologists and rights advocates in calling for an end to AI-accelerated warfare.
The joint statement urges tech companies and states to halt the use of AI systems in military kill chains and uphold #HumanRights & #InternationalHumanitarianLaw.
📚 Access to information
BrailleRAP is an open source Braille embosser that makes Braille production more affordable. By sharing designs and knowledge openly, the project is helping expand access to information and education across different communities.
📢 Deadline extended to 12 June!
How can #communitynetworks challenge extractive AI narratives and build sovereign digital futures? We're looking for reflections, case studies and visual stories from communities advancing #digitalsovereignty and community-centred AI.
🌍 Human rights by design
Librecast develops open source internet infrastructure for communication, live streaming and collaboration. Its work is rooted in the belief that privacy, freedom of association and decentralisation should be built into the internet itself.
🌐 What does a free internet look like?
Our new publication, "Building a Free Internet of the Future", brings together stories from people and communities creating technologies grounded in accessibility, privacy, inclusion and human rights.
📖 www.apc.org/en/pubs/buil...
🧵⬇️ Roll the thread
🎥 Beyond Big Tech platforms
PeerTube is a decentralised video-sharing platform that offers an alternative to commercial streaming services. It enables communities and organisations to host and share videos on their own terms, without relying on a single platform or business model.
The internet is shaped by choices about power, access and participation. These stories offer a glimpse of the communities creating technologies grounded in privacy, accessibility, inclusion and human rights.
📖 www.apc.org/en/pubs/buil...
🔒 Privacy and collaboration
CryptPad is a suite of encrypted tools for collaborative work, including documents, spreadsheets and forms. It shows that people can work together online without giving up control over their data.
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LocNet recently awarded 5 micro-grants to CCCIs in Kenya, from AI-powered flood prediction in Mavoko to women-led coastal monitoring in Kwale and Kilifi, these projects demonstrate how community-cente...
AI systems embedded into military kill chains are accelerating the speed and scale of military assaults in a manner that creates significant new risks for accountability in conflict and risks facilita...
As AI policy is being written in real time, the voices of those building community-centred infrastructure are often missing. This anthology is our space to ensure that our collective weaving of digita...
