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Official Launch: National Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Position Paper for Indonesia’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Roadmap 2025

Siti Desyana Rochmah 11/09/2025

Centralizing and strengthening human rights protection in AI strategies has been outlined in a position paper prepared by Parasurama Pamungkas and colleagues from other civil society organisations. The paper is intended to serve as the official strategic recommendation from the CSO network to the National AI Roadmap Working Group under the Ministry of Digital Communications (KOMDIGI).

DRAPAC25 is Around the Corner: Meet Your Hosts

Prapasiri Suttisome 08/08/2025

Meet the powerhouse organisations behind this year’s Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific assembly, each contributing specialised expertise to drive diverse conversations that will shape our region’s digital future.

DRAPAC Series: Understanding Emerging ICT Laws in Bangladesh and Regional Trends in Digital Repression

Meg Soriano 07/08/2025

Join us for this DRAPAC Series session on August 20, ahead of the upcoming DRAPAC25 event in Kuala Lumpur!

Myanmar Digital Coup Quarterly: May 2025 – July 2025

EngageMedia Editorial 06/08/2025

Among the repressive actions that occurred between May and July 2025 were familiar patterns such as internet shutdowns, control over press freedom, and arrests for online expression. Surveillance and arrests were increasingly conducted through the use of the Person Scrutinization and Monitoring System

The Black Kite Soars Against Digital Repression in Bangladesh

Guest Writer 29/07/2025

Carrying the personal and collective experience of the internet shutdown in Bangladesh, Taosin Md. Bahadurshah Zafar went on to create The Black Kite, a film produced under EngageMedia’s Tech Tales Youth film collection and mentorship program.

“The personal is always political.” An Interview with Filmmaker Azura Nasron

Guest Writer 28/07/2025

Hai Anis, by Azura Nasron, is not just a film. It is a warning. A refusal to look away. A confrontation with a truth too many refuse to acknowledge: that grooming does not begin with violence—it begins with kindness.

2022-2024 Media Monitoring: Documenting the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Indonesia

Siti Desyana Rochmah 04/07/2025

Between 2022 and 2024, a total of 29 incidents linked to the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) were documented. This data was collected through media monitoring, one of EngageMedia’s initiatives aimed at gathering public reports on AI-related incidents. As the development of the 2025 AI Roadmap continues, this initiative can serve as a useful reference for government authorities to monitor and assess the progress and application of AI technologies within Indonesia.

Intan leads a workshop co-organised by Architects of Diveristy

“We are humans first before we are usernames.” An Interview with Filmmaker Intan Sakinah

Guest Writer 16/06/2025

For filmmaker Intan Sakinah, stories hold the power to unravel prejudice. Her film A Jar of Light (Balang Terang), part of Tech Tales Youth 2, takes a critical look at how racial bias spreads in digital spaces and its tangible consequences in the real world.

Poster: Human Rights Violations in July Movement

The Impact of Ishtiyak Zihad’s “Whispers of the Ink”

Guest Writer 13/06/2025

Ishtiyak Ahmed Zihad, a young filmmaker based in Bangladesh, captured the chaos and uncertainty of the July uprising in Bangladesh in his short film “Whispers

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