About Us
Who are we?
Bot Populi is an alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective. It was founded in 2018 by seven global, digital justice organizations.
What do we do?
Digital technologies have been the transformative force of the 21st century, changing the way we live, work, and interact. Those who control data mark and mediate our social location in society. They also decide who is included and excluded from the digital ecosystem. Data, and the digital intelligence harvested from it, are today the purveyors of destiny. As data-based systems become the basis of development, important questions about justice and rights emerge.
We explore these questions about the ways in which the digital world affects different aspects of our lives — in obvious and unexpected ways — through articles, podcasts, and videos. Our contributors include passionate and committed scholars, activists and visionaries from around the world working on issues of digital justice.
Our goal
We aim to meaningfully shape the public discourse on digitalization. In the process, we seek to influence the norms, rules, and practices that contribute to transformative change.
Get in touch!
To know more and support our work, please get in touch with us at hello@botpopuli.net and subscribe to our updates.
ALAI
ALAI
The Latin American Information Agency (ALAI) is a communication agency of international character, committed to the full enforcement of human rights, gender equality and citizen participation in the development and public work of Latin America.
ALAI's mission is to formulate and develop responses to the various challenges posed by communication and its democratization, as a strategic area for democratic validity, social justice, peace and multicultural coexistence and regional integration.
Data Justice Lab
Data Justice Lab
The Data Justice Lab examines the intricate relationship between datafication and social justice, highlighting the politics and impacts of data-driven processes and big data. The lab is hosted at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture. The lab is directed by Dr Lina Dencik, Dr Arne Hintz, and Dr Joanna Redden.
DAWN
DAWN
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) is a network of feminist scholars, researchers and activists from the economic South working for economic and gender justice and sustainable and democratic development. Through research, analyses, advocacy and, more recently, training, DAWN seeks to support women’s mobilization within civil society to challenge inequitable social, economic and political relations at global, regional and national levels, and to advance feminist alternatives.
Derechos Digitales
Derechos Digitales
Founded in 2005, Derechos Digitales is a non-profit organization based in Chile that works across Latin America. Its main objective is the development, defense and promotion of human rights in the digital environment. Its work focuses on issues around freedom of expression, privacy and personal data, and copyright and access to knowledge.
InternetLab
InternetLab
InternetLab is an independent research center that aims to foster academic debate around issues involving law and technology, especially internet policy. Our goal is to conduct interdisciplinary, impactful research and promote dialogue among academics, professionals and policymakers. As a nexus of expertise in technology, public policy and social sciences, our research agenda covers a wide range of topics, including privacy, freedom of speech, gender and technology.
IT for Change
IT for Change
Established in 2000, IT for Change is an NGO based in Bengaluru, India. IT for Change’s work in the areas of education, gender, governance, community informatics and internet/digital policies push the boundaries of existing vocabulary and practice, exploring new development and social change frameworks. Network building is key to our work. IT for Change is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Just Net Coalition
Just Net Coalition
The Just Net Coalition (JNC) is a global network of civil society actors committed to an open, free, just and equitable Internet. Founded in February 2014, the coalition engages on topics of the Internet and its governance, with the goal to promote democracy, human rights and social justice. Our founding principles and objectives are contained in the Delhi Declaration.