20 May 2025 Economic Development Women and clerical workers face the highest risk of their roles being radically transformed by Artificial Intelligence, prompting calls for inclusive policy responses. One in four jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to what’s known as Generative Artificial Intelligence – or Generative AI (GenAI) – according to a new joint study from the UN…
The CrowdStrike 2025 Global Threat Report stands as one of the leading authorities on adversary intelligence, offering in-depth analysis of the past year’s evolving cyberthreat landscape. According to CrowdStrike, in 2024, threat actors advanced at an unprecedented pace, developing new techniques and tools while devising innovative ways to bypass modern security measures—all with relentless precision…
Key Findings from ITU’s 2024 Digital Development Report 1. Global Internet Connectivity 2. Digital Divides 3. Affordability 4. Infrastructure & Technology 5. Digital Skills 6. Policy & Commitments While global connectivity is improving, deep inequalities persist across income levels, gender, geography, and skills. The report calls for urgent action to bridge divides, particularly in affordability, rural access, and digital literacy,…
This lexicon was created for the Talking Digital workshop. It provides definitions of common tech terms through a social justice perspective, offering various interpretations. Readers are invited to choose the definitions that fit their context. You can download the Talking Digital Lexicon here:
https://manilaprinciples.org/ The internet has become the backbone of modern communication, enabling billions of people to share ideas, engage in commerce, and participate in public discourse. At the heart of this ecosystem are intermediaries—Internet service providers (ISPs), social media platforms, search engines, and other digital services that facilitate the flow of information. However, the legal frameworks…
The impact of Pegasus on fundamental rights and democratic processes Pegasus is a sophisticated surveillance software developed by the Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group. The software is capable of gaining access to and monitoring a wide range of information on a target’s smartphone, including text messages, emails, location data, and even live microphone and…
UN Women just released its report on Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2022 [pdf] on September 7th. The report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 goals, calling out the long road ahead to achieve gender equality. It emphasizes the interlinkages among the goals, the pivotal force gender…
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th report on climate change is out and it is disturbing. The report is entitled Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, 2022. The report is authored by 270 authors from 67 countries and it assesses the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and human communities at global…
