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The Global Digital Justice Forum invites you to endorse its Call to Action for WSIS+20 and Beyond.
Twenty years after the conclusion of the World Summit cof the Information Society (WSIS), we find ourselves in a now-or-never moment. The vision of a people-centered, inclusive, and development-oriented digital order has never seemed more elusive, yet so urgent, to claim. The new digital order dictated by corporate greed and state control is, unfortunately, a far cry from the ideals of the WSIS consensus (See the GDJF’s Johannesburg Communique for our analysis of what is wrong with the status quo). The weaponization of data and AI has already seen widespread job precarity, misinformation, war crimes, the climate catastrophe, and more. Our autonomy, agency, shared humanity, and planetary well-being are under siege.
We need Digital Justice, Now! We need to take back the tech paradigm.
Our Call to Action outlines the imperative for WSIS +20 review and other global digital cooperation processes to deliver on the following agendas:
Agenda 1. Human rights adequate to the digital paradigm
Agenda 2. The internet as a global communications commons
Agenda 3. A just international economic order based on the principle of digital non-alignment
Agenda 4. A sustainable digital transition that safeguards the human rights of future generations
This Call to Action is also available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean, and Bulgarian.
Our Agendas
On Reclaiming Digital Space for Civil Society
Brid urges civil society to reclaim power in shaping our digital future. She sees WSIS+20 as a vital moment to reassert people’s protagonism and advance a global digital justice agenda—before digital systems further entrench inequality and destruction.
Brid Brennan, Transnational Institute
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On Big Tech’s Extractive Digital Economy
Margarida urges action against Big Tech’s growing power over digital governance. She warns that the influence of large corporations over data and infrastructure is deepening global inequalities, especially between the Global North and South. To reclaim democratic control over our digital future, she calls for robust public-interest regulation of platforms and infrastructures.
Margarida Silva, SOMO
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On Digital Tax Justice
Abdul explains why digital service taxes are vital for Global South governments—to generate revenue, level the playing field for domestic businesses, and ease the tax burden on ordinary people. He advocates for a multilateral approach under a UN treaty to ensure fair taxation of Big Tech and support sustainable development.
Abdul Muheet Chowdhary, South Center
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On Tech’s Environmental Toll
Eqram challenges the illusion of a weightless digital world. From deforestation to water-intensive data centers, he highlights how the AI and semiconductor boom in Malaysia is reshaping ecosystems and displacing communities. Digital justice, he argues, must confront the extractive realities behind our “clouds.”
Eqram bin Mustaqeem, Third World Network
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On Corporate Accountability in Tech
Joseph calls for urgent action to hold Big Tech accountable for its role in perpetuating inequality, environmental harm, and digital exploitation. As powerful multinationals profit from surveillance, conflict, and data extraction, he urges governments and international bodies to intervene and dismantle monopolistic structures.
Joseph Wilde-Ramsing, SOMO
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On Digital Rights, Gender & Global Asymmetries
Laura highlights the urgent need for human rights-centered governance in the digital age. As technologies like AI reshape economies and societies, she emphasizes the importance of inclusive, intersectional, and gender-responsive digital policies that reduce global inequalities and uphold democratic values.
Laura Mantilla-León, Derechos Digitales
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On Big Tech’s Attack on Food Sovereignty
Soledad Vogliano traces the convergence of Big Ag and Big Tech in exerting control over seeds, services, and knowledge in the food system. She argues that digitalization is the latest frontier of corporate capture—and calls for grassroots innovation, digital sovereignty, and solidarity between food justice and digital rights movements to reclaim power.
Soledad Vogliano, ETC Group
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On Community-Centered Connectivity in Asia
Gomer champions community-centered connectivity as key to sustainable development. He highlights how local networks, supported by social enterprises and civil society, empower communities to build and manage their own digital infrastructure—ensuring connectivity is inclusive, participatory, and rooted in local realities.
Gomer Padong, Philippine Social Enterprise Network
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