by Saskia Rowley | Feb 23, 2026 | Comment, Digital Justice, Gender
The plot could easily have been from a Netflix dystopian thriller. “The Russian Guy” approaches ordinary women and girls leading ordinary lives, one walking her child to school, another stocking supermarket shelves, and a young girl walking by. “Hello. What’s your...
by Saskia Rowley | Jan 26, 2026 | Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice
Recent headlines I read run from the latest attempts by Donald Trump to own Greenland to Taylor Swift becoming the second–youngest ever inductee to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. There doesn’t seem to be a connection, but there is – digital technology. Whether it’s the...
by Terri Miller | Dec 15, 2025 | Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice
After all, that is the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), whose +20 outcomes will be finalized by UN member states this week (December 16–17). Both at the WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting in July in Geneva and in the negotiations involved in...
by Saskia Rowley | Apr 7, 2025 | Comment, Digital Justice
A socially isolated young person in the United States turns to ChatGPT for advice on how to deal with depression. A coffee entrepreneur in Finland asks AI for the exact mix of beans to blend the perfect cup. Robots take food orders from diners in a Nairobi restaurant....
by Saskia Rowley | Nov 23, 2020 | Communication Rights
Using smartphones to track and trace during the Covid-19 epidemic creates a smokescreen for wider surveillance measures that may infringe people’s right to privacy. Human rights activists are concerned that such data can be used to discriminate against migrants,...
