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TEDIC joins the Fairwork network to evaluate gig economy platforms in Paraguay
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 […]
Annual report 2020
Memoria de actividades 2020
Lessons learned from the global campaign #StopFacebook #SaveWhatsApp and next steps
The imminent modification announcements in WhatsApp’s terms of service (ToS) and privacy policies – without alternative measures and imposing deadlines to accept the changes or give up app functionalities – generated a coordinated response from civil society at the local, regional and international levels. From local to global In TEDIC, we tried to understand the […]
Non-Consensual Image Dissemination in Paraguay
The exercise of sexting, which forms part of the right to freedom of expression and sexual and reproductive rights, is currently being carried out by many adults and adolescents. However, this exercise has led to the emergence of situations of violence such as the dissemination of non-consensual intimate images through mobile devices and the Internet, […]
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Twitter and Elections in Paraguay
This is an exploratory research that monitors content generation on Twitter during electoral processes. It includes the analysis of Paraguay’s general elections held in April 2018 and the Colorado Party primaries held in December 2017, primaries where the current president was elected. Download our full investigation here
Personal Data in the Social Security Institute. Exploratory analysis on some personal data protection practices in the social security system of the Paraguayan State
The Social Security Institute (IPS, for its acronym in Spanish) of Paraguay is the most important public social insurance system in the country. In the absence of regulations, competent authority, supervision and systematic sanctions for the protection of personal data, along with almost nonexistent litigation in this area, this results in concerns around privacy, confidentiality […]
Protection of personal data in the private sector in Paraguay
The advance of digital technologies has generated multiple instances in which personal data are subject to automated processing by the public and private sector to perform commercial and state services quickly and effectively. The protection of personal data protects people from every infringement of their rights due to the processing of their personal data. This […]
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Data.Cuenta
La plataforma Data.cuenta es un kit de herramientas que busca visibilizar, contabilizar y medir las formas de violencia que se encuentran mediadas por la tecnología y que son invisibilizadas dentro de la naturalización del cotidiano. Además brinda un glosario conceptual con respecto a las formas de violencia, un directorio de organizaciones, colectivas e iniciativas que […]
Observatorio Antipyrawebs
Es un repositorio en línea y libre que mapea las iniciativas del sector privado, estatal, academia y sociedad civil que se refieren o afectan directa o indirectamente los derechos de las personas en Internet a nivel local y regional. Este espacio permite monitorear diferentes hechos relacionados en medios prensa y redes sociales y artículos de […]
Cyborgfeministas
Cyborgfeministas es un recurso para quienes quieran entender y explorar el punto donde se cruzan el género y las tecnologías. La tecnología no es neutral. Es política. A partir de relaciones desiguales e injustas de poder se diseñan los códigos que gobiernan nuestras vidas. La mayoría de las aplicaciones que usamos, los contenidos que leemos […]
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