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For 30 years we dreamed of a free internet in Latin America, but reality has challenged us with mass surveillance, corporate monopolies, and authoritarianism. The current "techlash" is justified against those who trade with our data. It's time to rethink the internet. 🧵 1/5

In a workshop with the support of @WikimediaFoundation.org, joined by EFF, CELE, and other organizations, and activists from the region, we discussed how to move from merely resisting setbacks to start proposing a "digital utopia." The goal is to reclaim the internet as a real public good. 2/5

This means politicizing the debate. Technical solutions are not enough; we must question who concentrates power. We need alliances between social movements, journalists, and technology sector workers, among others, to once and for all confront platform capture. 3/5

The workshop in Buenos Aires was only the beginning. The tactical challenge now is to connect our experiences and build political clarity so that technology serves people, not power. Read the full article here and join this urgent conversation: wikimediapolicy.medium.com/a-shared-pa.... 5/5