#internetgovernance — Public Fediverse posts
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What does gender-responsive AI governance actually look like?
At the launch discussion for APC’s research on AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), speakers explored the gaps between gender equality commitments and how AI governance is actually implemented.
Read more from the discussion:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/ai-and-technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence-how-bridge-critical-gaps-regulation -
What does gender-responsive AI governance actually look like?
At the launch discussion for APC’s research on AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), speakers explored the gaps between gender equality commitments and how AI governance is actually implemented.
Read more from the discussion:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/ai-and-technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence-how-bridge-critical-gaps-regulation -
What does gender-responsive AI governance actually look like?
At the launch discussion for APC’s research on AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), speakers explored the gaps between gender equality commitments and how AI governance is actually implemented.
Read more from the discussion:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/ai-and-technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence-how-bridge-critical-gaps-regulation -
What does gender-responsive AI governance actually look like?
At the launch discussion for APC’s research on AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), speakers explored the gaps between gender equality commitments and how AI governance is actually implemented.
Read more from the discussion:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/ai-and-technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence-how-bridge-critical-gaps-regulation -
What does gender-responsive AI governance actually look like?
At the launch discussion for APC’s research on AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), speakers explored the gaps between gender equality commitments and how AI governance is actually implemented.
Read more from the discussion:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/ai-and-technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence-how-bridge-critical-gaps-regulation -
What Bluesky Got Right: Journalism Without Engagement Traps
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 2, 2026
Modern social media has warped journalism by tying visibility to provocation. Reporters are pushed to frame stories for maximum reaction rather than maximum accuracy. Context is sacrificed for speed. Corrections are punished. Nuance disappears because it does not travel well.
This distortion is not accidental. It is structural.
When Bluesky removed engagement traps from the core experience, journalists behaved differently—not because they were better people, but because the system stopped rewarding bad habits.
Engagement Incentives Corrupt Reporting
On algorithm-driven platforms, journalists learn quickly what works. Strong language outperforms careful phrasing. Outrage outpaces verification. Ambiguity is flattened because it slows momentum.
The result is a feedback loop where reporters feel pressure to post hot takes instead of facts. Being first matters more than being right. Corrections receive a fraction of the attention of the original error.
Bluesky disrupted that loop by decoupling reach from reaction.
Chronology Rewards Consistency, Not Shock
In a chronological feed, journalists cannot rely on algorithms to rescue poorly framed posts. Visibility comes from being followed over time, not from triggering outrage in the moment.
This encouraged different behavior.
Posts became more measured.
Threads became more explanatory.
Follow-ups and corrections became visible parts of the record.Accuracy stopped being a liability.
Dogpiling Lost Its Utility
On many platforms, journalists are incentivized to dunk on one another. Public callouts generate engagement, which feeds the algorithm. This creates a hostile professional environment that rewards performative criticism.
Bluesky’s design reduced the payoff for that behavior. Without quote-dunking or amplification boosts, public pile-ons lost reach. Disagreements stayed closer to substance and farther from spectacle.
That shift improved professional discourse.
Corrections Were Possible Again
Corrections are essential to journalism, but they are structurally disadvantaged online. Algorithms prioritize novelty, not revision. A corrected error rarely travels as far as the original mistake.
Chronological feeds restore balance. Corrections appear where they belong—in sequence. Readers who saw the original post are more likely to see the update. Accountability becomes practical rather than symbolic.
This reinforced trust.
Why This Terrified Media Platforms
Engagement-driven systems benefit from controversy. They treat journalism as content, not as a public good. Accuracy is valuable only if it performs well.
Bluesky challenged that assumption. By creating an environment where journalists could work without constant incentive distortion, it showed that healthier media behavior was possible.
The platform did not fix journalism.
It stopped actively breaking it.That distinction matters.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
This essay will be archived as part of the ongoing WPS News Monthly Brief Series available through Amazon.
References (APA)
McChesney, R. W., & Nichols, J. (2010). The Death and Life of American Journalism. Nation Books.
#BlueSky #DigitalMedia #internetGovernance #journalism #newsCulture #platformDesign #socialMediaIncentives
Vaidhyanathan, S. (2018). Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy. Oxford University Press.
Gillespie, T. (2018). Custodians of the Internet. Yale University Press.
Marwick, A. (2013). Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity, and Branding in the Social Media Age. Yale University Press. -
My session is in the APrIGF 2026 program (Kathmandu, 4–7 October):
"Backdoors, Blackouts, and Big Tech" — E2EE regulation across 20 jurisdictions in five types, down to states with no capacity to regulate encryption at all, which cut the network instead.
The gap: no Southeast Asian jurisdiction is in it. If you know how your government treats encrypted messaging, come and put it on the map. Joining online is free.
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SUMMARY - Internet Accountability in Latin America and the Caribbean: State of Play and Outlook
https://isoclive.substack.com/p/lac-accountability
Olga Cavalli's report for the European University Institute finds the region's accountability failures are institutional, not technical: strong constitutional and data protection frameworks, thin enforcement.Chile and Costa Rica rank 3rd and 4th for internet freedom; Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba are Not Free.
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SUMMARY - White Paper on: AI and Environment
https://isoclive.substack.com/p/ai-and-environmentThe Dynamic Coalition on Environment of the Internet Governance Forum, with the Nature and People Foundation (Russia), the China Institute at Fudan University and the Pahle India Foundation, brings AI's environmental footprint and its environmental benefits into a single frame. Foreword by Jeffrey D. Sachs. Six regulatory gaps common to every jurisdiction.
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Opinion: A Billion-Dollar Fine Isn’t a Punishment. It’s a Warning That We Waited Too Long.
By Cliff Potts | WPS News Opinion
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines, July 29, 2026 — 0005 PhST
There is something fundamentally wrong with a system where a corporation can be fined nearly US$1 billion for violating competition rules—and investors barely blink.
That is not a sign of successful regulation.
It is evidence that regulators waited far too long.
The modern internet did not spring from Silicon Valley. It was built upon decades of publicly funded research beginning in the 1960s through the work of the U.S. Department of Defense, the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Science Foundation, public universities, and countless scientists and engineers whose work was financed by American taxpayers.
Our parents paid for it.
Our grandparents paid for it.
We paid for it.
The protocols, the backbone, the research, and many of the technologies that made today’s internet possible were developed with public money because governments believed global computer networking would benefit society as a whole.
They were right.
What they failed to anticipate was that the roads they helped build would eventually be dominated by a handful of private gatekeepers.
Today, a small number of corporations influence what news people discover, what applications succeed, which businesses customers find, whose music gets heard, whose videos appear in recommendations, and increasingly, whose original work is absorbed into artificial intelligence systems.
That is an extraordinary concentration of power.
The European Union’s decision to fine Google approximately €890 million should not be viewed simply as another corporate penalty.
It should be viewed as a confession.
A confession that governments allowed a communications system built upon public investment to become so concentrated that one company can violate competition rules, write a check approaching a billion dollars, and continue operating almost as though nothing happened.
When a billion-dollar penalty becomes another quarterly expense, the problem is no longer the fine.
The problem is the market structure.
This is not about punishing success.
Successful businesses should succeed.
Innovation should be rewarded.
Investment should be rewarded.
Competition should be rewarded.
Gatekeeping should not.
No private corporation should possess the practical ability to determine whether thousands of independent publishers, software developers, musicians, researchers, educators, and small businesses can realistically reach an audience.
The internet functions as essential public infrastructure.
Societies regulate highways.
They regulate railroads.
They regulate electrical grids.
They regulate radio spectrum.
They regulate banking.
Yet somehow we have accepted the idea that the gateways controlling access to information for billions of people should largely regulate themselves.
That assumption deserves to be challenged.
The internet has become too important to modern civic life, commerce, education, journalism, and democratic participation to be governed primarily by the commercial interests of a few extraordinarily wealthy companies.
The European Union has at least begun asking difficult questions.
Other democratic governments—including the United States—should be asking them as well.
There is another number worth considering. Google can absorb nearly a billion dollars in regulatory penalties without threatening its existence. Independent publishers routinely make decisions about whether they can afford domain registrations, web hosting, software subscriptions, or even a public means of contact. That is not merely an economic disparity. It demonstrates how concentrated the digital marketplace has become. The companies controlling access to the internet possess resources beyond the imagination of the independent voices trying to reach the public.
The question is no longer whether Google, or any other technology giant, has become too powerful.
A company capable of treating a billion-dollar regulatory penalty as a manageable business expense has already answered that question.
The real question is whether elected governments are finally prepared to reclaim meaningful oversight over the digital public square that taxpayers helped create more than half a century ago.
If they are not, then today’s gatekeepers will become tomorrow’s permanent rulers of the internet.
That should concern everyone—regardless of which search engine, social network, or smartphone they happen to use.
Contact Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts
Founder, Publisher & Editor
WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, PhilippinesWPS News
WPS.NewsBluesky — Preferred Public Contact
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CliffPotts.orgCliff Potts is also the creator of Cliff Potts & the AI Rebellion, with music available on Spotify, iHeartRadio, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora, and most major streaming platforms worldwide.
For news, commentary, music, and ongoing projects, begin with WPS.News or contact Cliff publicly through Bluesky at WTFM.LOL.
#antitrust #ARPANET #bigTech #CliffPotts #CliffPottsTheAIRebellion #competitionPolicy #digitalGatekeepers #DigitalMarketsAct #EuropeanUnion #Google #independentPublishers #internetGovernance #NSFNET #Occupy25 #publicInfrastructure #technologyRegulation #WPSNewsOpinion #WPSNews -
Why the Future of the Web Is Less Centralized Than It Looks https://tinyurl.com/4mnxeve3
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #WebInfrastructure #DigitalPlatforms #CloudComputing #OpenSource #InternetGovernance #DigitalPolicy
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APC's internet governance lead, Valeria Betancourt, is serving as one of the #WSIS2026 High-Level Track Facilitators, bringing decades of experience in internet governance, digital justice and human rights to the forum. Earlier this year, she was recognised in the Tech Diplomacy Global 50.
📖 Read more about APC at WSIS 2026:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/apc-world-summit-information-society-wsis-forum-2026Swipe through to learn more about Valeria's role, her session and APC's priorities at this year's forum.
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📍Day 1 at #WSIS2026
Today, APC staff, members and partners are contributing to discussions on the future of internet governance, the #WSISPlus20 review, gender equality in AI governance, and digital inclusion.
Browse today's sessions and join us if you're at the forum.
🔗 https://www.apc.org/en/news/apc-world-summit-information-society-wsis-forum-2026
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HYBRID 9 JUL 12:00 UTC - WSIS+20 follow-up – from Milestones to Momentum: what comes next?
https://isoc.live/21507Internet Society Chapters of the UK, Switzerland, Serbia & Germany host a WSIS Forum 2026 session on turning WSIS+20 outcomes into coordinated, accountable action — covering the Global Digital Compact and the IGF's strengthened mandate.
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🌍 APC is heading to #WSIS2026.
Next week, our staff, members and partners will contribute to discussions on meaningful connectivity, digital justice, AI governance, gender equality and sustainable digital development.
🔗See our sessions and priorities: https://www.apc.org/en/news/apc-world-summit-information-society-wsis-forum-2026
Follow us throughout the week for daily updates, key takeaways and highlights from Geneva. #DigitalJustice #InternetGovernance
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As DRAPAC26 concludes, our latest Seeding Change story by @APC and @EngageMedia looks back at DRAPAC25 and the role of communities of practice in strengthening digital rights movements across Asia-Pacific.
📖 Read the story: https://www.apc.org/en/blog/seeding-change-building-collective-power-digital-rights-across-asia-pacific
From fostering new connections to building collective responses to shared challenges, the Assembly shows how collaboration and solidarity help sustain movements over time.
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💡 The Tech Sovereignty Package is OUT! Marking a significant moment in Europe's approach to digital infrastructure, innovation, and strategic autonomy.
@NGICommons we'll be analysing the package and discussing its implications during our next webinar on 22 June.
🎟️register here:
https://commons.ngi.eu/event/europes-tech-sovereignty-package/#TechSovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #NGICommons #OpenSource #Europe #InternetGovernance
@OpenForumEurope @openfuture @cnrs @martelinnovate @linuxfoundation
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For all of you screaming to the rafters about how Substack is a Nazi platform, why aren't you also screaming about Cloudflare? I'm genuinely curious.
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"Last week I saw a post on Medium where some guy said he’s leaving Substack because Andrew Tate hit the bestseller list and because they host Nazis and he just can’t, anymore. Can’t support a company who profits off hate and abuse.
I wanted to say dude, you better get off the internet.
Because more irony. Medium runs on Cloudflare. lol.
Substack, too. Do a whois search on Substack.com, you’ll see it right in their whois. Nameservers; cloudflare.com. We’re all feeding Cloudflare profits and supporting the companies that prop up everything from the rape academy to AI generated porn and every other abuse whether it’s Amazon, Google, Cloudflare, Grok, or any Ai company."
#cloudflare #cloudflareisevil
#StopCloudflare
#cloudflareisnotanoption
#internetculture
#InternetGovernance
#protectwomenandgirls
#amazon #google #grok
#mediumwriters #medium
#substackhttps://open.substack.com/pub/historyofwomen/p/tech-giants-make-profit-from-the
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Sambia sagt den internationalen RightsCon-Gipfel kurzfristig ab. Offiziell wegen „Sicherheitsbedenken“ und fehlender Infos zu Delegierten. Inoffiziell geht es wohl um Geopolitik: Teilnahme von Taiwan und mögliche Kritik an China. Ergebnis: Treffen zu digitalen Rechten komplett gestrichen. Ein fatales Signal für die Zivilgesellschaft.
#RightsCon #Digitalrechte #Zivilgesellschaft #Meinungsfreiheit #InternetGovernance
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HYBRID 11-15 MAY – The West Africa Internet Governance Forum 2026
REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK
On 11-15 May 2026 the Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI) will convene the West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) 2026 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, with the theme 'Digital Sovereignty and Economic Value in West Africa’s Integrated Digital Market'. The WIGF is a regional pl
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HYBRID 23-24 APR – Moldova Internet Governance Forum 2026 + Moldova Universal Acceptance Day 2026
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On 23-24 April 2026, the Asociatia "Comunitatea Internet" in partnership with ICANN and UNESCO will convene the Moldova Internet Governance Forum 2026 (MIGF) and Moldova Universal Acceptance Day 2026 (UA Day). MIGF will include plenary
#post #2026 #ICANN #igf #InternetGovernance #moldova #unesco #UniversalAcceptance
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#epartheid: Social engineering under the guise of curating discourse.
#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber
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#epartheid: The illusion of inclusion, the reality of exclusion.
#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber
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#epartheid: Echo Chambers labeled as "Safe Spaces."
#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber
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#epartheid: Moderation policies designed to silence dissent.
#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber
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#epartheid: Censorship rebranded as Community Guidelines.
#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber
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@Mastodon #Mastodon
#epartheid: digital isolation disguised as moderation.
#fediverse #decentralization #opensource #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #selfhosting #communitygovernance #digitalinclusion #isolationchamber
