Activists and human rights defenders in Myanmar are concerned by the possibility of biometric data collection being used in tandem with surveillance technology to further restrict people’s rights.
In this guest post, Visual Rebellion interviews Burmese anthropologist Chu May Paing to understand the motivations and significance of Burmese netizens’ use of social media in spite of the digital safety and security risks.
Over the years, the Cambodian government has introduced legal mechanisms that infringe on freedom of expression, privacy, and data protection. This guest post outlines some of the most pressing digital rights threats and what civil society can do.
This post, originally published in Bahasa Indonesia on Remotivi, looks into the multiple internet blackouts recorded in Papua in 2021 and how this affected citizens’ digital rights.
Analysts have called Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s election triumph a victory for online disinformation. Amid continuing attacks on the free press and activists in online spaces, the fight against the erosion of digital rights continues in the Philippines.
Amid Indonesia’s rollout of the PeduliLindungi app, one immunocompromised individual balances prioritising their health with the government’s exclusionary requirements to access basic services.
Indonesian filmmaker Wahyu Utami shares how the inclusive production process for her documentary ‘The Unseen Words’ empowered the blind community featured in the film.
Gladys Llanes, an alumna of EngageMedia’s second Environmental Impact Lab, writes about the challenges and rewards of working as an impact producer in the Asia-Pacific in this guest blog post.
