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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.

We made some progress in 2021 in the international legal framework on artificial intelligence (AI), but we need more specific measures to uphold human rights in the application of these technologies because the impacts are real, negative, and catastrophic, as Michelle Bachelet pointed out.

“A culture of domination is anti-love. It requires violence to sustain itself. To choose love is to go against the prevailing values of the culture”. – bell hooks

Hacking Team’s software does not comply with existing legal standards in the region, and therefore unduly infringes upon the rights to privacy, free speech and due process.

The discussion today in India illustrates that a purely technical approach is not sufficient if it does not take into account the various power dimensions that are present in the debate.