“Nº26 08/2015”
Stalker Law in Peru: When innocence stops being a presumption
by Digital Rights LAC on September 23, 2015
On July 27th, while more than 30 million of Peruvians were celebrating the national holiday, the government enacted the Decree Law 1182, a precept which, on a practical level, turns all citizens into possible criminals who need to be w
The Indignados movement in Central America reconfigures the traditional class struggle
by Digital Rights LAC on September 23, 2015
Not too many people suspected that April 16th, 2015, would mark a before and after in the politics and society of Guatemala and Central America. From the web to the street, this movement began to leave its mark in the political agenda and to reconnect unequal historical struggles to a new imaginary.
Editatonas: closing the gender gap in the Spanish Wikipedia
by Digital Rights LAC on September 23, 2015
By the end of 2014, after a couple of years as wikipedian, I found out about an awful fact: One out of ten wikipedians is a woman (yes, only one). I started imagining what effect this could have on the internet’s main reference website and that is when everything made sense.
The last big battle of the TPP
by Digital Rights LAC on September 23, 2015
The advancements achieved in the negotiation of the agreement are increasingly bigger, the maneuvers of the civil society are made more and more difficult and, even though better perspectives regarding technological matters can be seen, there is a big obstacle to overcome in order to assure the sovereignty of the countries: the Certification.
Technology and political participation
by Digital Rights LAC on September 23, 2015
There is a scenario still quite unfavorable in Brazil for greater effectiveness of direct democratic participation in the legislative framework in relation to the commencement of popular initiative bill.
