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Digital Violence in Mexico: The State Vs. Civil Society

Malpaís Ediciones;Comun.al (2022), 189 pp.

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"The stories that make up this text offer an approach to the resistances and resiliencies that have arisen in Mexico, covering different manifestations of digital violence in the voices of people representing initiatives and communities that have been victimized through technologies that the state has used to persecute those who defend human rights or seek justice in our country. Through these experiences in common, we hope that more people will have access to the information that we, as members of organized civil society, share with each other to generate impact and accompaniment strategies. We hope that these experiences will inspire other projects that will allow us to confront this violence and transform the structures that govern us. In the following pages, we will share stories of abuse, dispossession and repression, but we will also share testimonies of dignity and resistance. In a country where impunity has been normalized in the face of the sociopolitical violence exercised by the state, it is necessary to name the different forms it takes in order to build and share strategies that allow us to confront it and protect our rights. We still have a long way to go in this search for justice; nevertheless, experience has also given us lessons on the importance of creating communities in order to advance down this road together. To create community, we need to build trust; to create resilience, we need to preserve memory." (Introduction, page 11-12)
In Search of New Narratives on the Digital Divide and Marginalization in Mexico / Karla Prudencio, 15
Authoritarianism and Surveillance: In the Face of Technological Dystopia, We Walk Toward Social Utopia / Sursiendo, 37
The Streets Are Ours: The Violence of Surveillance Against Women in Public Space / Grecia Macias, 63
Social Control Through Muzzling the Internet / Martha A. Tudon M., 89
Censorship and Criminalization of Digital and Feminist Journalism / Anaiz Zamora, 115
Notes on the Struggle for Free Culture and Access to Knowledge in Mexico / Irene Soria Guzman, 135
Technosolutionism as Obstruction of Justice / Alexandra Argüelles, 157