Today, we are delighted to share that our Executive Director, Anita Gurumurthy, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Loughborough University in recognition of her outstanding contributions to digital justice.

📍Day 1 at #WSIS2026 APC joins conversations on the future of internet governance, the #WSISPlus20 review, gender equality in AI governance, digital inclusion, and more. 🔗 www.apc.org/en/news/apc-... See where our staff, members and partners are speaking today. 👇

On this week’s CounterPower, I’m talking about the global fight against Big Tech Empires. It was such a pleasure to talk to Sofia Scasserra of @tninstitute.bsky.social and Anita Gurumurthy of @itforchange.bsky.social 👇   www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Mx...

Resisting Big Tech Empires: The Fight for the Future

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"This is cognitive capitalism on steroids." Anita Gurumurthy of @itforchange.bsky.social on the rise of Big Tech's power, on our latest episode of COUNTER·POWER 👇🏾 Watch/listen to the full episode now: counterpower.uk

If you have your sights set on applying for the FemFirst Research Observatory, it’s time to send in your proposals!

If you’re still refining your applications for the FemFirst Research Observatory, you’re in luck! We’re extending the final deadline to 25 June.

Our cultural commons are being hollowed out by AI, and intellectual property might not have answers.

What happens when India’s urban transport systems go digital — and who gets left behind in the process?

We thank you for your enthusiastic applications to the FemFirst Lab. The selected applicants for the FemFirst Lab will be informed via email by 27 July 2026. Watch this space for more on AI solutions that foreground ideas of gender justice and human rights. Watch this space for more updates.

AI futures are being written now. Who gets to shape them? The FemFirst Research Observatory is calling on women and nonbinary-identifying researchers across South and Southeast Asia to develop research that builds new knowledge pathways for feminist AI.

For more information on the call for applications, head to the link in bio. For more information on the application, head here: lnk.itforchange.net/fflcall #FemFirstLab #FeministAI #AIforGood #WomenInAI #OpenCall #TechForChange #SouthAsia #SoutheastAsia

Only a few days left to apply to FemFirst Lab — applications close on 15 May. If you’ve been thinking about submitting your idea, this is your sign to complete your proposal and apply.

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FemFirst Lab is looking to help shape feminist AI solutions and take them from idea to prototype. Think the FemFirst Lab could be a great fit for you? Follow the decision tree to find out. If you find yourself saying “yes” at every step, we’d love to see your application.

First up: The Empire of Big Tech 🌍 A handful of firms control the digital world. How did we get here, and how do we take it back? With Anita Gurumurthy (@itforchange.bsky.social), @danmcquillan.bsky.social and @nickdearden.bsky.social #ResistingBigTech

AI isn't just a technology. It's a tool for concentrating power, and most of us never got a vote on that. With @meadwaj.bsky.social, @nsrnicek.bsky.social and Anita Gurumurthy (@itforchange.bsky.social) #ResistingBigTech

Now @meadwaj.bsky.social @nsrnicek.bsky.social and Anita Gurumurthy of @itforchange.bsky.social on AI and the Politics of Power at Big Tech Empires

Calling all teams who are keen on building #feministAI prototypes! FemFirst Lab is looking for solutions that foreground gender equality in AI systems, from teams based in South and Southeast Asia. #FemFirstLab #FemTech #Feminist #TechPolicy

Anita Gurumurthy, @itforchange.bsky.social, India

Resisting Big Tech Empires - Meet our speakers! ✨ With our conference on 25 April fast approaching, here’s some of the speakers we’ve got lined up. We're coming together to organise the fightback against big tech, and reclaim the future! Free tickets: www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/resist...

Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami of @itforchange.bsky.social reflect on the road from WSIS to WSIS+20. In their article, they elaborate on what we can expect from multilateral engagement in the midst of this volatile political period. botpopuli.net/tragedy-farc...

Tragedy, Farce, or Ashes of the Old Order?

The road from WSIS to WSIS+20 Twenty years ago, IT for Change was propelled into the WSIS process by chance. We embraced the opportunity to track and pa...

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On the heels of #InternationalWomen’sDay, we are grateful to our allies in helping us keep this vision alive. We are delighted to share some highlights from our work at the frontlines of feminist struggles for just digital futures—along with an early glimpse of an exciting new journey ahead.

They join: Cory Doctorow (novelist + campaigner) Anita Gurumurthy (@itforchange.bsky.social) Sofia Scasserra (Our World is Not for Sale) James Meadway (@meadwaj.bsky.social) Khem Rogaly (@cmmonwealth.bsky.social) Cecilia Rikap (@ceciliarikap.bsky.social) Dan McQuillan (@danmcquillan.bsky.social)

📢 Our line-up for Resisting Big Tech Empires just got even stronger. We’re excited to welcome Nick Srnicek (@nsrnicek.bsky.social, author of Silicon Empires) and Rosa Curling (@foxglovelegal.bsky.social) 📅 Sat 25 April, London 🎟️ Free tix: www.globaljustice.org.uk/tech-empires 🧵

🤖 @itforchange.bsky.social is calling for endorsements to 'ReGenAI: A New Deal for the AI Economy' - a statement that challenges an AI paradigm built on precarity, market concentration and ecological harm, and advances a regenerative alternative.​ 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mwm2ebww #DigitalJustice

The prevailing AI paradigm continues to deepen precarity, market concentration, epistemic exclusion, and ecological harm.

With perspectives from technologists, researchers, and policy experts, the ‘ReGen AI Futures: Dimensions, Dilemmas, and Directions’ panel advocated for examining the extractive nature of AI and looking at how it deepens existing inequalities in our economy.

New Report Launch! “There’s no ghost in the machine!” shows how algorithmic systems produce machinic dispossession, algorithmic anxiety, and the erosion of worker autonomy, based on interviews with platform workers and union organizers.

🌐 Digital Rights Meet Food Rights at WSIS+20. Join our virtual side-event: "Protecting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Digital Age - Spotlight on the Right to Food" 📅 December 15 | 8:00-9:15 AM ET @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social @itforchange.bsky.social

What are the primary financing frameworks that have guided the #WSISProcess implementation? What kind of financing architectures are needed for equitable and inclusive innovation futures? Join us on 15 Dec, with #globaldigitaljusticeforum and @itforchange.bsky.social www.apc.org/en/event/fin...