How to fall down rabbit holes (on purpose) – Notes from our Exploration Days
When we started this new chapter for Digital Action, one of our main goals was to make it a...
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Groundbreaking legal cases, campaigns focusing on Big Tech governance, global majority experiences of digital threats…The Digital Action team shares its insight as the accountability tech ecosystem evolves.
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Banning children from social media won’t make them safer online
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky The world’s attention has turned to Australia. In 2025, the country began enforcing a law that...
From cooperation to accountability: Rethinking election oversight in Chile’s 2025 elections
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky Elections are no longer just civic rituals; they’re arenas where fundamental rights are tested. Freedom of...
Moving Beyond Big Tech: Knowledge Sharing and Strategic Complementarity in the SWANA Region
Reflections from the 2025 Bread&Net Convening lead by Mona Shtaya. Building connections to move forward amidst conflict This year’s...
Digital Sovereignty and Other Rallying Calls in the African Digital Rights Horizon
Bulanda Tapiwa Nkhowani on FIFAfrica 2025 At this year’s Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica), one theme stood...
The Role of Tech Companies in Conflicts: The Deadly Consequences of Online Disinformation in SWANA
Mona Shtaya in collaboration with our partners Beam Reports and Kashif. Background Tech companies play an increasingly central role...
The Invisible Censorship: How Shadow Banning Silences Voices Across Latin America
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky Mexican journalist David Morales watched his news outlet’s Facebook reach plummet overnight. Chiapas Sin Censura had...
Will African governments take on the mantle to regulate Big Tech? A reflection on the recent data privacy litigation case in Nigeria
By: Adeboro Odunlami, Bulanda Nkhowani, Jean Hubert Bondo, Kimal Harvey, Sandra Aceng and Y. Z. Ya’u, who are members...