A cyber security agenda for civil society: What is at stake?
This paper introduces some important conceptual issues in cybersecurity, investigates some important cybersecurity threats, and provides suggestions on what a civil society approach to cybersecurity...
View ArticleAPC at the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum 2020
The APrIGF 2020 is taking place on 27-30 September. APC is actively supporting its members and networks as they engage in this space, and APC staff are part of the Multistakeholder Group (MSG),...
View ArticleJoint civil society statement on cyber peace and human security
Technology-facilitated violence must be understood in light of its impact on lives and livelihoods. Human security is at the heart of cyber security and therefore demands human-centric and rights-based...
View ArticleNearly 100 public interest organisations urge Council of Europe to ensure...
APC, along with 93 civil society organisations from across the globe, sent a letter to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe requesting transparency and meaningful civil society participation...
View ArticleHas the Palestinian Cybercrime Law really been amended?
In order to exert pressure on the Palestinian government, coalitions held meetings between civil society representatives and governmental bodies concerning amendment of the law in 2017. These ongoing...
View Article7amleh, APC member in Palestine and Israel: The new Israeli Cyber Law paves...
7amleh – The Arab Centre for Social Media Advancement warns of the risks and dangers that emanate from the newly proposed Cyber Security and National Cyber Directorate Bill in Israel. Language English
View ArticleBottlenecks, incompetence and abuse of power: An analysis of PECA’s...
This study presents a brief overview of the implementation of Pakistan's Prevention of Electronic Crime Act.
View ArticleDoes urban youth know what to do about cyberharassment?: Research in Bangladesh
This in-depth article shares reflections on research with urban youth in Bangladesh on how they deal with cyberharassment and cyberbullying, particularly the experience of young women.Language English
View ArticleOpen letter to UN General Assembly: Proposed international convention on...
Countering cybercrime is a key challenge that requires international cooperation. However, the approach taken in the draft resolution “Countering the use of information and communications technologies...
View ArticlePhilippines: Guilty verdict against Rappler is proof of "cybercrime law's...
APC joins FMA in denouncing the guilty verdict handed down in the cyber libel case against online media organisation Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa and former reporter Reynaldo Santos, Jr. The case is...
View ArticleOver 100 public interest organisations and experts urge the UN to include...
A joint letter urges members of the UN Ad Hoc Committee drafting a potential Cybercrime Treaty to ensure that human rights protections are included at every step and global civil society is provided...
View ArticleInside the Digital Society: Thinking of cybercrime – and listening to victims
Fraud is now the commonest crime in the UK, and most of it is online. Cybercrime and cybersecurity have become some of the biggest problems in digital policy development, and we need to think broader...
View ArticleEswatini passes cyber laws under dark clouds
Since early 2021, the Kingdom of Eswatini has been gripped by waves of civil unrest, with reports of internet shutdowns implemented by the government in response to protests. It is in this climate of...
View ArticleLungu law looms dangerously over Zambian digital rights
In March 2021, shortly before the elections scheduled for August, then Zambian president Edgar Lungu quickly signed and enacted three internet-related laws, one of which has remained especially...
View ArticleDerechos Digitales and APC contribution to the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate...
Given that digital technologies and the laws and norms that govern them have the potential to perpetuate and worsen pre-existing structural inequalities, APC and Derechos Digitales believe that a...
View ArticleWhen protection becomes threat: Cybercrime regulation as a tool for silencing...
Derechos Digitales has mapped cases involving the abusive use of cybercrime regulation to silence and criminalise women and LGBTQIA+ people around the world, and the results warn of the inherent danger...
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