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Articles by Jacqueline Rowe
Weaponizing internet shutdowns to evade accountability for rights violations
Credit: ipopba / iStock Any internet shutdown constitutes a human rights violation. But in many instances, governments use internet shutdowns to cover up grave violations of individuals’ human rights, including illegitimate power grabs, electoral interference, state-sanctioned violence against peaceful protestors, and extrajudicial killings of political dissidents.
Armar el cierre de Internet para eludir la rendición de cuentas por violaciones de derechos
Crédito: ipopba / iStock Cualquier cierre de Internet constituye una violación de los derechos humanos. Pero en muchos casos, los gobiernos utilizan el cierre de Internet para encubrir graves violaciones de los derechos humanos de las personas, como la toma ilegítima del poder, las injerencias electorales, la violencia autorizada por el Estado contra manifestantes pacíficos y las ejecuciones extrajudiciales de disidentes políticos.
Una lengua sin importancia: las consecuencias de descuidar las lenguas marginadas en el mundo digital
La mayoría de las principales plataformas y servicios siguen estando disponibles o funcionando sólo en un pequeño número de lenguas dominantes en la geopolítica. La mayor parte de los contenidos, servicios y herramientas de Internet están disponibles sólo en unas pocas docenas de lenguas de las economías poderosas, lo que deja a los hablantes de lenguas marginadas sin poder disfrutar plenamente de los beneficios relacionados con los derechos que proporciona el acceso a Internet.
A language of no importance: the consequences of neglecting marginalized languages in the digital world
Most of the internet’s content, services, and tools are available in only a few dozen economically powerful languages, leaving speakers of marginalized languages unable to fully enjoy the rights-related benefits that internet access provides. Multi-stakeholder collaboration between private companies, public bodies, and civil society initiatives is urgently needed to bridge this digital linguistic divide.
A language of no importance: the consequences of neglecting marginalized languages in the digital world
Most major platforms and services are still only available or functional in a small number of geopolitically dominant languages. Most of the internet’s content, services, and tools are available in only a few dozen economically powerful languages, leaving speakers of marginalized languages unable to fully enjoy the rights-related benefits that internet access provides.
Un lingua ku ka tene importansia - resultadu di nega linguas marjinalisadu na no mundu digital
Maiorias de informason, sirvisiu ku instrumentus di internet sta disponivel son pa algum linguas ku tene importansia ikonomiko. E situason ta pui jintis ku ta papia linguas ku marginalisadu pa e ka pudi yangasa tudu benefisiu di direitu humanus ku asesu pa interneti pudi da. No pirsisa di manga di partis interesadu – suma impresas privadus, institusons publiku ku organisasons di sosiedadi sivil – pa e junta mon pa konsigi kaba ku e divison linguistika digital.
Un lingua ku ka tene importansia - resultadu di nega linguas marjinalisadu na no mundu digital
Maiorias de plataformas ku sirvisiu di internet garandi sta inda disponivel son pa kilis ku ta papia linguas ku tene garandi forsa na mundu. Maiorias de informason, sirvisiu ku instrumentus di internet sta disponivel son pa algum linguas ku tene importansia ikonomiko. E situason ta pui jintis ku ta papia linguas ku marginalisadu pa e ka pudi yangasa tudu benefisiu di direitu humanus ku asesu pa interneti pudi da.
Marginalised languages and the content moderation challenge
Last week saw the launch of a new report on the state of the internet’s languages, timed to coincide with International Mother Languages Day on 21 February. The report explores how multilingual the internet actually is, finding considerable inequalities in the types of services, tools and content available online in different languages. Such inequalities are often discussed through the lens of access and digital divides.
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