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Coconet II Public Report: Growing the digital rights movement

EngageMedia 10/04/2020

Coconet is an Asia-Pacific regional initiative supporting changemakers to build the digital rights movement. In October 2019, Coconet II expanded the space for new changemakers: activists, journalists, artists, technologists, filmmakers, lawyers, and researchers, who represent a wide variety of social and environmental movements. Over 120 changemakers from 22 countries converged in Antipolo, Philippines, to discuss and share their knowledge on digital rights, exchange tactics and skills, and plan joint campaigns and collaborations to strengthen their respective movements as well as support broader ones.

Fighting the COVID-19 ‘Infodemic’ in the Asia-Pacific

Vino Lucero 01/04/2020

While governments and health workers worldwide are focused on combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also busy fighting another related pandemic that cuts across all sectors of society: a massive “infodemic” equally as wide-reaching and harmful.

How Health Security and Individual Privacy Can Go Hand in Hand

EngageMedia 30/03/2020

COVID-19 has raised some serious questions: Can privacy and public health security go hand in hand? Is it enough to use safeguards such as transparency and the use of intrusive technology only when absolutely necessary?

Darika Bamrungchok of EngageMedia likens Thailand's Personal Data Protection Bill to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union.

In Myanmar, Digital Rights Are Integral to Policy and Advocacy

Sara Pacia 05/03/2020

Members of the Coconet community took part in the fourth Myanmar Digital Rights Forum (MDRF), which focused on the importance of digital rights in the face of disinformation, internet shutdowns, and emerging technologies.

Image Credit - Witness

Guides on Documenting During Internet Shutdown

Rezwan Islam 26/02/2020

Witness has published a series of blog posts with resources and tips based on learnings from activists on how to document and film during Internet shutdowns.

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Data Privacy Day: Why It Is Important To Be Aware Of Privacy Online

Rezwan Islam 28/01/2020

Data Privacy Day aims to raise awareness about how organizations and individuals can respect privacy, safeguard data, and enable trust.

Art by Dianne Olivan

The Internet Infrastructure is Not ‘Gender-neutral’!

Dianne Olivan 09/01/2020

Safeguards against online gender-based violence and other gender-specific issues should not be a second thought in developing tech infrastructure; rather, it must be an integral virtue, from conceptualisation to maintenance.

Image credit: Photography Kehidupan. Used with permission.

7 Desakan: The 7 Demands of Protesters in Indonesia

Red Tani 27/09/2019

The student-led protests this week have spread across Indonesia, with thousands demonstrating in front of parliament buildings in hundreds of cities. This post highlights and adds context to the 7 demands of protesters in Indonesia.

On Recent Internet Blocking and Throttling in West Papua

Rezwan Islam 19/09/2019

As an organisation that stands for media freedom and digital rights, EngageMedia finds the recent threats against freedom of expression in West Papua concerning, including undue restriction and harassment, as well as internet blocking and throttling.