{"id":14872,"date":"2021-05-12T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/?p=14872"},"modified":"2025-01-27T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:20:15","slug":"tedic-joins-gnis-civil-society-constituency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/tedic-joins-gnis-civil-society-constituency\/","title":{"rendered":"TEDIC Joins GNI\u2019s Civil Society Constituency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>*This article was originally published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnetworkinitiative.org\/tedic-joins-gnis-civil-society-constituency\/\">GNI website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Global Network Initiative (GNI) is pleased to announce that the digital rights and civic technology organization TEDIC, based in Paraguay, has joined GNI\u2019s civil society constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe provide legal, technical, and political analyses around issues of Internet governance and develop and promote the use of open software and hardware to enhance citizen participation for social change in Paraguay. We believe that GNI\u2019s multistakeholder platform will strengthen our communication and advocacy strategies and our efforts to engage with a variety of stakeholders in the digital rights space,\u201d said TEDIC\u2019s Executive Director Maricarmen Sequera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TEDIC\u2019s projects and research also cover privacy concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, investigations into the risks and impacts of electronic voting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/paraguay_en_march2016.pdf\">state surveillance<\/a>, and the protection of personal data in Paraguay\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/English-La-protecci%C3%B3n-de-datos-personales-en-el-sector-privado-de-Paraguay.pdf\">private sector<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Protection-of-personal-data-in-public-databases-in-Paraguay.pdf\">in public databases<\/a>. In 2020, TEDIC participated in the<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnetworkinitiative.org\/2020-gni-internews-fellows\/\"> GNI-Internews Fellowship Program<\/a>. As part of their GNI fellowship, they conducted research on how the abuse of emergency measures during crises can facilitate disproportionate surveillance and broader erosion of democratic principles in Paraguay. They published two blog posts for GNI\u2019s Medium page on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/global-network-initiative-collection\/mass-surveillance-in-the-context-of-a-state-of-emergency-by-paloma-lara-castro-tedic-672ca0720fb6\">Mass Surveillance in the Context of a State of Emergency\u201d a<\/a>t the beginning and at <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/global-network-initiative-collection\/mass-surveillance-in-the-context-of-a-state-of-emergency-db42eed5670e\">the end<\/a> of their fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGNI welcomes TEDIC\u2019s experience with and knowledge on cybersecurity, privacy, and freedom of expression issues affecting Paraguay and Latin America,\u201d said GNI Executive Director Judith Lichtenberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about TEDIC and about GNI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnetworkinitiative.org\/\">members<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*This article was originally published in the GNI website. 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