TEDIC has released a new study titled “History of electronic voting in Paraguay” in the framework of a project funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). This study is part of a series of publications that seek to guide and inform about the intersection of technology and democracy from a political, legal, philosophical, technical, […]
TEDIC has launched a new study called “Propaganda in Social Networks Exists: Monitoring electoral spending on Facebook Ads in the Municipal Elections of 2021 in Asunción,” with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). TEDIC has been carrying out advocacy actions for years in order to achieve greater transparency and scrutiny over the […]
This research offers an exploratory study of the National Electronic Ticketing System in Paraguay (SNBE in its Spanish acronym). It focuses particularly on identifying public and private actors involved in its design and implementation and its impact on the privacy and protection of personal data of users of public transport. TEDIC has been carrying out […]
The 2021 was a year of reunion: we returned to face-to-face activities after a long period without seeing each other. Although we love virtuality and continue maintaining a hybrid way of working, we missed building communities outside digital spaces. In 2021, we primarily focused on thinking about and strengthening safer and more equitable digital areas […]
The press has reported a growing technologicalization of public security policies in recent years. Such a trend is particularly evident in the Triple Border Area, a strategic area due to one of the largest hydroelectric plants on the planet and a vital circulation of people, goods, and services. In this sense, the neighbouring countries have […]
The repeated instances of violence and threats from government institutions and fundamentalist or conservative groups towards TLGBIQ+ activist groups in Paraguay are taken to the digital world through organized online attacks, harassment, creation of fake profiles, extortion, theft and manipulation of information, and many other dynamics that violate their rights to appear and express themselves […]
In Paraguay, a woman who reported being a victim of sexual harassment has been forced into exile after civil and criminal prosecution. This November 1st, the Association of Technology, Education, Development, Research and Communication (TEDIC) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will file a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights […]
In order to develop the research on digital violence against women in Paraguay, it is necessary to develop some definitions. To date there is no global consensus on the definition of digital violence, however for this research we take the definition of digital gender violence developed by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), which expresses […]
Gig economy platforms are still a novelty in Paraguay. Such wonder poses challenges around the transparency and understanding of the market and nuanced understanding of situations faced by gig economy workers. This said, there has undoubtedly been an exponential growth of transport and delivery apps in 2020, coupled with a rise in unemployment rates due […]
Memoria de actividades 2020
