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With more than 25 participant-driven sessions, the camp served as a space for skills-building, knowledge-sharing and collaborative problem-solving where participants explored open-technology solutions.
GUEST POST: DRAPAC25 was a timely opportunity to build on two of Vietnam Rise's recent focuses. Given our recent endeavours, I spent my time at DRAPAC25 attending sessions that addressed tech-related abuses to democracy in Southeast Asia, resourcing solutions amidst rising authoritarianism, and networking with other Southeast Asian activists in the tech space.
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).
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.
Join us for this DRAPAC Series session on August 20, ahead of the upcoming DRAPAC25 event in Kuala Lumpur!
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
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.
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.
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.