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Pretty Good Podcast Episode 15: Freedom of Religion and Expression Online in Indonesia (Part 1)

EngageMedia Editorial 21/12/2021

Pretty Good Podcast caps off its second season with a special two-part series on freedom of religion and expression online in Indonesia. In Part 1, we speak to academic Leonard Epafras of the Indonesian Consortium of Religious Studies in Yogyakarta on the broader history of religion in the country and Indonesian youth’s experience of expressing their beliefs online.

Call for Contributions: COVID-19 and the Rise of Digital Authoritarianism in the Asia-Pacific

EngageMedia Editorial 20/12/2021

EngageMedia, in partnership with CommonEdge, is calling for contributions to a series exploring how the response to COVID-19 has accelerated digital authoritarianism in the Asia-Pacific. The selected contributions will first be published on EngageMedia.org, and later in a digital compilation. Accepted contributors will be paid a USD 300 honorarium.

Portraits of a Pandemic: Films on the unequal impact of COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific

EngageMedia Editorial 20/12/2021

For our final playlist in 2021, EngageMedia curates a collection of short films that magnifies the daily struggles of individuals and communities during these challenging times, and reflects the wide-ranging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that are both apparent and invisible.

COVID-19 contact tracing: At what cost to our privacy, rights, and freedoms?

Khairil Zhafri 17/12/2021

Do contact tracing apps help reduce the spread of COVID-19? As their usage has become ubiquitous, there is a trend towards more features that are not related to or necessary for contact tracing being introduced in these apps, such as vaccine certification and third-party integrations with commercial services without due regard to privacy, security, and accessibility.

Human Rights Day 2021: Reducing inequalities, advancing rights in the digital age

EngageMedia Editorial 10/12/2021

Human Rights Day is an opportunity to remind everyone that digital rights are human rights: Everyone deserves to equally enjoy the benefits of technology and protection from its harms. To mark this event, EngageMedia is launching two research reports and a limited virtual screening of our Tech Tales film collection.

Limited screening: Tech Tales films streaming on Cinemata for Human Rights Day celebration

EngageMedia Editorial 10/12/2021

From December 10 to 18, catch all eight thought-provoking films that highlight key digital rights issues in the Asia-Pacific.

Video: Challenges and Opportunities for AI Governance in Southeast Asia

EngageMedia Editorial 09/12/2021

The growing use of AI in the region raises questions on AI governance: how do we set rules for the use of AI to protect people against possible harms? In this video, learn more about the challenges and opportunities that Southeast Asia faces in laying down governance mechanisms for the use of AI.

Protecting or limiting rights? New report explores digital rights landscape in Indonesia

EngageMedia Editorial 09/12/2021

EngageMedia’s research seeks to provide an overview of the problems faced by civil society actors regarding the fulfilment of digital rights in Indonesia.

Tech Tales films: Opening conversations and advancing digital rights advocacy

Andrew Lowenthal 08/12/2021

EngageMedia Executive Director Andrew Lowenthal shares the idea behind the Tech Tales film collection, and what these digital rights films aim to achieve.

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