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The statement asserts that low-income communities in the Global South and marginalized groups are disproportionately affected by climate change but are excluded from media representation and policy conversations. It argues that ensuring these groups have access to affordable digital platforms and communication tools is vital for implementing viable climate justice solutions, despite the likelihood that COP27's final texts will ignore the role of communications.

The document outlines the challenges of the digital age—including the digital divide, data monopolies, and online violence—and proposes a set of principles to promote social justice in digital spaces. It emphasizes the need for a global movement involving civil society and faith communities to protect human rights, ensure equitable access to infrastructure and energy, and challenge the 'attention economy' and systemic inequalities embedded in algorithms.

The 2022 outlook for the news industry emphasizes a period of consolidation following the COVID-19 crisis, with a strategic shift toward subscription models, digital audio, and AI-driven efficiency. While media leaders express confidence in their own companies, they remain concerned about societal polarisation and the financial viability of local news. The industry is pivoting toward youth-oriented platforms like TikTok and Instagram while struggling to effectively communicate the complexities of climate change to mainstream audiences.

The report details a global crisis in journalism characterized by collapsing business models, rising state repression, and the proliferation of disinformation. It highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these trends, leading to increased press freedom violations and financial instability for news outlets. The document advocates for treating journalism as a public good and calls for urgent action from governments and the private sector to ensure media viability and the safety of journalists.

The document argues that the concept of "shrinking space" is often used to depoliticize the targeted repression of radical social movements. It identifies ten trends of repression, including philanthropic protectionism and the criminalization of human rights defenders, and contends that these tools are applied selectively by states to maintain power. The author suggests that the focus should shift from a generic "civil society" lens to one of political marginalization and solidarity with those on the margins.

The statement by Cree Elder Doreen Spence calls for the restoration of communication rights for Indigenous Peoples in Canada, emphasizing the role of media accountability, church involvement in reconciliation, and the importance of oral history in countering the legacy of colonial genocide and assimilation.

The WACC Secretary General highlights the importance of communication rights in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian attack on Ukraine. The organization is implementing a new Strategic Plan to support public interest and community media, promoting digital rights and linguistic diversity. Key initiatives include a symposium on communication for social justice and a forthcoming program on gender and media to empower women and girls. The WACC also produces a quarterly magazine addressing the democratization of the public sphere, climate change communication, and digital trust.

The WACC Secretary General emphasizes the essential nature of communication rights, citing the impacts of Covid-19 and the Russian attack on Ukraine as evidence of the dual potential of digital platforms. The organization is implementing a strategic plan to support public interest and community media, promote digital rights, and develop a comprehensive program on gender and media to advance equality for women and girls.

The document examines the shift from physical to digital public spaces, highlighting the rise of 'surveillance capitalism' and 'data colonization' by tech giants and states. It defines 'democratic public communication spaces' as those that strengthen excluded voices and guarantee data sovereignty. The authors warn of 'voice poverty' and the erasure of linguistic diversity, noting that only 7% of the world's languages appear online. To combat these injustices, the paper recommends revitalizing public interest media, supporting community-managed infrastructure, and implementing comprehensive media literacy training.

The author contends that digital conglomerates have hijacked public spaces, replacing organic community meaning-making with a profit-driven consumerist ethic. This corporate dominance leads to the marginalization and potential physical endangerment of excluded groups, such as indigenous peoples in the Amazon and the Uyghur community in Xinjiang. The text calls for civil society and the ecumenical movement to defend the integrity of public communication spaces to uphold social justice and the common good.

The document is a manifesto resulting from a 2021 symposium organized by the World Council of Churches and the World Association for Christian Communication. It argues that while digital technologies offer opportunities for inclusion and advocacy, they are currently marred by monopolies, surveillance, and systemic biases that exacerbate existing social inequities. The text calls for a transformative movement to establish a communication ecosystem based on social justice, emphasizing the need for equitable access, data privacy, and the protection of marginalized voices. It specifically highlights the intersection of digital justice with gender, climate, and racial justice, and advocates for the 'Right to Repair' and sustainable power sources to enable digital access.

The statement examines the intersection of digital transformation, human rights, and democracy. It highlights how 'surveillance capitalism' and algorithmic bias threaten human autonomy and equality, while disinformation and hate speech undermine the democratic public sphere. The author advocates for global regulatory frameworks, such as the EU's GDPR and Digital Services Act, to protect informational self-determination and ensure inclusive digital participation.

The document examines the 'digital divide' and the rise of 'surveillance capitalism,' arguing that digital technologies often reinforce existing social, racial, and gender inequalities. It calls for the creation of 'democratic public communication spaces' that prioritize human dignity over corporate profit and proposes global regulations to ensure digital justice and the protection of communication as a basic human right.

The WACC 2022-2026 strategic plan establishes a framework to advance communication rights, particularly for marginalized populations. The organization identifies five priority areas: digital communication rights, the rights of migrants and refugees, the rights of indigenous peoples, climate change, and gender equality. A central tenet of the strategy is the concept of 'effective access,' which argues that technology alone is insufficient for social progress without accompanying literacy, language support, and education. The plan also emphasizes the need to counter the 'surveillance economy' and the dominance of global corporations over internet infrastructure. To achieve these goals, WACC intends to partner with civil society organizations in the Global South, support community-managed telecommunications, and utilize the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) to advocate for gender equality in news media.

The document argues that digital communication often amplifies existing offline injustices and creates new ones through digital divides, surveillance, and the weaponization of information. It advocates for a transformative movement based on communication rights, inclusive design, and the protection of privacy to ensure digital spaces serve human dignity rather than corporate profit or state control.

The document argues that digital justice is an extension of social and ecological justice, requiring a multi-dimensional approach to address the digital divide, surveillance, and the weaponization of information. It emphasizes that communication is a fundamental human right and calls for a faith-inspired movement to resist the concentration of power in tech monopolies and state surveillance. The guide highlights specific vulnerabilities of women, ethnic minorities, and disabled persons, while linking digital consumption to environmental degradation through electronic waste and energy use.

The document argues that digital communication often mirrors and amplifies existing offline inequalities, creating new forms of exclusion and oppression. It identifies five key areas of concern: global digital divides, barriers to digital spaces, the militarization of digital resources, the vulnerability of marginalized groups, and the erosion of privacy through surveillance. The guide advocates for a 'transformative movement' based on human rights and faith to ensure digital tools serve human dignity rather than corporate profit or state control. It specifically highlights the intersection of digital justice with gender equality, racial justice, and ecological sustainability, calling for a 'right to repair' and a transition to sustainable energy for digital infrastructure.

The WACC and WCC are launching a coalition to transform the media environment into one that is more equitable and inclusive for women and girls. The strategy focuses on three pillars: capacity strengthening for communicators and journalists, the creation of an Ecumenical Gender & Media Observatory for participatory monitoring, and evidence-based advocacy to hold media and digital platforms accountable. The initiative responds to high rates of online violence against women journalists and the systemic underrepresentation of women as experts and subjects in news coverage.

The WACC New Years Message 2023 reflects on the organization's resilience following the COVID-19 pandemic and sets priorities for 2023. Key goals include expanding programs for digital justice, combating online gender inequality and violence, and addressing immigration narratives. The organization also commits to communicating climate change issues in accessible ways and integrating the voices of marginalized groups into national policy making.

The WACC Strategic Plan 2022-2026 establishes a framework to promote communication rights as inherent to all human rights. The organization identifies five priority programme areas: digital communication rights, migrants and refugees, Indigenous rights, climate change, and gender equality. WACC emphasizes 'effective access'—which integrates technology with literacy and education—to combat the digital divide and the influence of 'surveillance capitalism'. The plan also details organizational goals for financial sustainability, network expansion, and increased visibility within international bodies like the United Nations.