What if the Internet doesn’t speak your language? 

24 September 2025
A woman and three children are interacting with a laptop.

When we connect to the Internet, anything becomes possible. From staying in touch with loved ones to conducting business, studying, working, and staying informed and inspired. But what if you can’t navigate the Internet in your native language?   According to Statista, there are approximately 7,100 known living languages and dialects worldwide and an online population…

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Content Moderation in the Global South: Insights from the Maghreb Region

16 January 2025
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Author: Mona Elswah, Project Fellow, Center for Democracy & Technology Imagine a digital world where non-harmful content is frequently taken down while inciting, hateful messages remain untouched. This is the reality for many, particularly users in the Global South, and especially so for those who speak indigenous and “low-resource languages,” which have limited available digital…

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