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EngageMedia is seeking a local country partner in the Philippines to spearhead country-level activities under the Greater Internet Freedom initiative.
This post highlighting key takeaways from the GIF South and Southeast Asia Digital Rights School provides an overview on the continuing challenges that the Philippines faces in enhancing digital security and safeguarding digital rights.
In the Philippines, some of the measures enacted at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be used to this day to repress freedom of expression, especially critical voices, and normalise state surveillance.
With the passage of the Philippine SIM card registration law, digital rights advocates expound further on its impact on privacy, free expression, and data security, and why civil society needs to monitor the law's implementation.
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.
EngageMedia, together with film curator and archivist Prof. Rose Roque, showcases a rare collection of films that capture the experiences, aspirations, and struggles of the Filipino people during the martial law years.
On April 9, EngageMedia hosted an online event on the digital threats to Philippine democracy ahead of the May 2022 polls. Watch the full discussion with Prof Nicole Curato, Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong, and reactors from the academe and civil society.
More than in past elections, online spaces have become a battleground for votes and a hotbed of digital threats. EngageMedia has compiled a list of tips to help Filipino voters increase their digital security and safely exercise their rights online.
Hosted by EngageMedia, the online event on April 9 features Prof Nicole Curato and Dr Jonathan Ong as they share insights from their extensive research on online disinformation, trolls, influencers, and other digital threats to democracy.