The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) led to a surge in the establishment of data centers across Indonesia, but several stakeholders have raised concerns about its impact on the local water supply.

In an era marked by intense transnational mobility, the uneven distribution of rights and experiences in host communities reflects underlying dynamics of power and privilege that demand further ...

Nepal’s social protection system supports vulnerable communities, yet gaps remain. Combining cash allowances with livelihood ...

The data-labelling industry relies heavily on workers in Kenya and Nigeria to annotate what AI systems learn. Those same workers rarely see their languages reflected in the systems they help train.

There is a growing demand within civil society for the right to participate in legislative decisions and the expansion of rights.

Every month, Global Voices will be choosing an urgent theme to explore in depth across all our regions. In May we are looking ...

The success of states of emergency are not often assessed by how such measures intersect with social dynamics — which in turn ...

Taukeer Alam, a writer of Van Gujjari, a vulnerable dialect with low documentation, shares the need for audio-visual ...

On paper, many of these technologies are described as civilian. In practice, the line between civilian and military use is ...

The relationship between governments and digital platforms is never simple. Governments can introduce regulations, but digital platforms also possess enormous power through the technologies, ...

Generative AI does not write, design or paint: it generates statistically closest patterns; these are probabilistic ...