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Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is deeply rooted in patriarchal systems. It is not an isolated phenomenon but a continuum of gender-based violence in society, where online and offline manifestations complement and reflect each other. The development of comprehensive policies with a human rights perspective is urgent in order to generate systemic changes.

This past July, the second annual report by the Open-ended Working Group on security of information at the UN was approved; in an agenda crowded with multilateral meetings, it emerges as a new forum for geopolitical conflicts that could affect all of cyberspace.

The use of digital trade agreements to regulate artificial intelligence, as well as mechanisms that could prevent its transparency, warrant greater attention from Latin American States.

It is essential that the governments gathered at the CSW67 build their conclusions on the notion, strongly proven by the lived experience of millions of people, that technology will not solve structural problems related to the fact that certain populations have been historically marginalized from access to fundamental rights.

While critical knots in the relationship between technology and society accumulate, a new possibility opens up for us to think about what should be its role in the construction of a future different from the one that is currently being designed.

The production of a document that follows a predetermined path threatens the exercise of human rights, especially in countries of the “global majority,” which are the most eager to have these kinds of guidelines.

After several months of speculation and drama, Elon Musk took over Twitter. The last few weeks have been full of controversy at the company and many are predicting its end. However, what does this really mean?

Chile may approve on September 4 one of the most advanced constitutional texts in the region in terms of privacy and digital security. Years of debates on the subject have contributed to the maturity of the text, and the regional experience is illustrative of the importance of enshrining certain protection parameters.

On Friday, January 28th, the “International Data Protection Day” was celebrated -a date that has its origin in the signing of Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. What is the situation of personal data protection in Latin America today? In this column we review the situation in some of the countries of the region.