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Technology · April, 2026

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The hidden costs of Asia's data center rush

Data centers are popping up without proper evaluation of their long-term impact

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The Chinese lesson on the human rights approach to AI

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Before the algorithm decides: Queer storytelling as resistance in Nigeria

What is missing from the dataset becomes missing from the narrative

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The human cost of the data center push in Latin America

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Written by Daria Dergacheva, Fernanda Canofre, Sydney Allen

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An approach considering five non-negotiable rights

Written by Guest Contributor

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New tech, new rules: Narrative and civil society in the age of AI and algorithms

How civil society is responding to the tech-infused authoritarian context

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A lack of electricity and internet access hinders AI adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa

Connectivity is no longer just about convenience, but also about fairness and fundamental rights.

Written by Jean Sovon

Translated by Laura

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Brazil: A warning on how AI and deepfakes can become an ’excessive risk‘ to women and girls

An organization calls attention to the need for regulation amid gender violence cases in the country

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AI hype narrative reaches the public healthcare system in El Salvador

El Salvador’s government claims an AI assistant will help make its public healthcare system a reference.

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The challenge of civic trust in the face of AI is temporal as much as technical

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They have a reputation across the Western Balkans and beyond for tackling political and social issues

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Indigenous people farmed eels at the site for thousands of years, upending what archeologists knew about early populations

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What happens when AI is deployed to decide who is detained and who is excluded?

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The technological transformation of Colombia's armed conflict

It makes surveillance more efficient, disinformation faster, and state intervention potentially more unequal.

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‘Sportellino’ is an AI chatbot who helps migrants navigate the maze of Italian bureaucracy

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India’s race to adopt AI sparks a deeper question: How can technology respect human rights?

Technologies like AI-enabled surveillance and facial recognition are restricting civic space and aiding state authoritarianism

Written by Rezwan

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Between the algorithmisation of territories and the monoculture of data: Are there paths towards AI that respect rights and life?

Who controls these tools, in whose service do they operate and which forms of existence do they erase?

Written by Global Voices Lusofonia

Translated by Guest Contributor

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African creators struggle to secure decent income in gig economy

The legal framework for click-worker protection remains underdeveloped

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Translated by Laura

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For AI to work for us, it will have to stop pretending to be us

Tech actively reinforces the same patriarchal and colonial power structures that we live under

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AI-ready data centers are booming in Indonesia but water woes loom

Data centers consume massive amount of water in communities experiencing resource scarcity

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Africa has 2,000 languages. AI content moderation covers fewer than 20

Around 98 percent of Africa's languages are invisible to AI content moderation systems

Written by Guest Contributor

20 April 2026

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