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MAIA: Artificial Intelligence to Protect Those Who Defend Rights
Centro de Autonomía Digital
In Latin America and the Caribbean, civil society organizations face an increasingly complex landscape. Repression no longer occurs only in the streets or in courtrooms; it also unfolds in digital spaces. Mass surveillance, targeted cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, gender-based digital violence, communication infiltration, and online criminalization are now part of the daily reality for human rights and land defenders, social organizations,...
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Personal Data Protection in Civil Society Organizations in the Global South: Urgency, Challenges, and Responsibility
- January 30, 2026
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Sara Zambrano
- In recent years, the importance of personal data has grown exponentially. What was once considered administrative information—names, phone numbers, addresses—is now a strategic asset that influences public policy decisions, state...
AI development cannot be separated from digital privacy
- January 28, 2026
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Centro de Autonomía Digital
- In an era where more and more industries capitalize on our personal data and artificial intelligence tools are multiplying exponentially, it’s worth to make a pause and ask:
AI powered browsers: a useful tool or a new threat to our privacy
- December 18, 2025
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Steffano Utreras
- For decades, we have thought of browsers as useful and simple tools: “neutral” windows to the digital world. You type a URL, the page loads, and you have control over...
In the end, what's encryption?
- October 23, 2025
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Álvaro Paredes
- Imagine for a moment that the lock on your house, that piece of metal that gives you peace when you leave, simply does not exist. You wake up, get dressed,...
Data Leaks and Digital Espionage in Ecuador
- October 01, 2025
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Sara Zambrano
- Ecuador faces a severe digital crisis that reveals the darkest side of its politics and public management: constant data leaks and the alarming rise of digital espionage. While boasting advances...