Editorial
[EDITORIAL] How Internet Technology Will Affect Rights: 3 Things to Look For
Economic, social, cultural rights in international law is a recognition of the basic rights of all people to a fundamentally decent and happy life - one in which their right to self-determination is respected. Does the progressively digitised future threaten or cement a world where ESC rights are guaranteed for all? In this editorial, Nadine Moawad states that the network is good and the network...
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La cuestión de los juegos
El problema con los juegos es que su poder de absorción es muy difícil de explicar a los que no juegan. Y no estoy hablando de esos jueguitos de los centros comerciales que te ayudan a pasar el rato (aunque creo que el tiempo invertido frente a una pantalla es totalmente legítimo. ¡Larga vida a Candy Crushers!). Me refiero a los videojuegos de estrategia en tiempo real o RTS (siglas en inglés de ...
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The thing about gaming
The thing about gaming is you can’t quite explain the immersiveness of it to non-gamers. I speak not about mindless arcade games you play to pass the time (although I think time-passing on a screen is totally legit. Play on, candy crushers). I mean multiplayer Real Time Strategy (RTS) games with tens of thousands of players competing for glory.
Editorial
Ya no serás una extraña, internet
Apuesto mi internet a que una de tus primeras experiencias con lo social digital tuvo algo que ver con sexo. ¿Desnudos no solicitados en tu bandeja de entrada? ¿Cientos de canales IRC relacionados con sexo que aparecían mientras buscabas la sala de chat de la radio local? ¿Pop-ups que saltaban fuera de control en Internet Explorer? ¿O quizás lo buscaste adrede en Lycos? ¿O armaste un sitio en...
Editorial
You shall no longer be strange, internet
I’d bet my internet that one of your first experiences with the digital social had something to do with sex. Unsolicited nudity arriving in your inbox? Hundreds of sex-related IRC channels that popped up while you searched for your local radio chatroom? Pop-ups spiraling out of control on Internet Explorer? Or maybe you went looking for it in a Lycos search. Or maybe you built a geocities site...
Feminist talk
Tuits para mujeres: reflexiones sobre desafiar la misoginia en línea
Las/os activistas feministas digitales vienen siguiendo de cerca una campaña que reclama a Twitter políticas más claras y eficaces respecto de los tuits sexualmente violentos. Cantidad de activistas han planteado este problema luego de recibir alarmantes ataques y amenazas. El más reciente es el caso de Caroline Criado-Perez, cuya exitosa campaña a favor de que en los billetes británicos haya una...
Feminist talk
Tweets for Women: Reflections on Challenging Misogyny Online
Digital feminist activists have been following closely a campaign to demand clearer and more effective Twitter policies on sexually violent tweets. A number of activists have consistently brought this issue forward following alarming attacks and threats, most recently with Caroline Criado-Perez whose successful campaign to get a woman’s face on British bank notes brought about a wave of violent...
Feminist talk
July 25th is #orangeday: Call to Action! Global Tweet-a-thon
Take Back the Tech, along with UN Women and other partners, are organizing this month's #OrangeDay, which takes place every month on the 25th to raise global awareness about GBV and the internet. We're joining this day to highlight technology for women's rights, safety and security online, as well as some great articles on sexual rights activism and internet regulation. Join us, share your work...
