#𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 🚨 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 🚨 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵. 🇮🇩 As protests spread across Indonesia, people are being silenced not only in the streets by brutal police crackdowns; but also 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲. ❌ On 28 August 2025, after the killing of 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻 (21 year-old ojo driver) by police — a tragedy that went viral worldwide, exposing p

#DigitalRights 🛜 There have been updates to our DRAPAC schedule. The August 26 session on Age-gating will now take place together with tomorrow’s session, August 27. 👉Manushya’s Digital Rights Advisor, Dr Jean Linis-Dinco will join via recorded video, alongside our Founder Emilie Palamy Pradichit (online). Catch them both at “Human Rights Principles Statement on Age Gating” from 10:00–10:50 am (KL time) at Pod 1.07, AICB Centre of Excellence. 👉Also, don’t miss Dr Jean’s se

“It is baffling to watch how states that position themselves as guardians of childhood online are the same states that jail minors, lock migrant children in cages and kill teenagers in the name of so-called law and order.” - Dr Jean Linis-Dinco, Digital Rights Advisor, Manushya Foundation ✊ Five days before our engagement at DRAPAC, we at Manushya Foundation would like to set things straight. We reject the premise that treats the passage of age gating laws as an attestation

Manushya’s Founder, Emilie Palamy Pradichit and our Digital Rights Advisor, Dr J ean Linis-Dinco will be speaking in 3 panel sessions: ‘Age Gating and Human Rights for All – Towards a Kuala Lumpur Statement’ hosted by Southeast Asian Collaborative Policy Network (SEACPN), Open Net, Electronic Frontiers Foundation, and Software Freedom Law Center ‘Human Rights Principles Statement on Age Gating’ ‘Dead Data: Who Owns Our Digital Remains in the Age of AI and Neurotech?’ by Net

#AI #MediaFreedom Our gratitudes to New Naratif for inviting our Digital Rights Advisor, Dr Jean Linis-Dinco to speak at New Narratif’s session on Media Freedom in The Age Of AI last week. From AI-driven disinformation to surveillance risks, the discussion emphasized the need for stronger safeguards for press freedom and human rights. Technology should strengthen our freedom of expression! Watch the full recording https://youtu.be/BXUuFeNUYvI?si=x8uE-8ZsNS7ZRKxe #WeA

On 12 May 2025, our feminist allies at @tamtang_group , leaders of the safe abortion movement in Thailand, had their Facebook page suspended ( facebook.com/SafeAbortionThailand ) — simply for sharing government-approved information on how to legally access abortion pills. 👉 This isn’t just censorship — it’s digital repression and a form of Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV). As decolonial and intersectional feminists from the Global Majority in Southeast Asia, we stand in S

🔥 On 9 May 2025, we held a powerful discussion on “Confronting Authoritarianism & Techno-Colonialism in Southeast Asia” | WATCH IT NOW if you missed it: 👉 On Facebook Live Replay : https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16fGXhYeKj/ 👉 On YouTube Recording : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azPOLAmSQz8&t=132s ‼️ 3 months after the USAID cuts, civil society is under attack — and AI surveillance is filling the vacuum. But the Global Majority is rising, resisting, and reclaiming th

📍 Panel discussion, FCCT Clubhouse and Facebook livestream ( FCCT FB Page ) 🕑 Friday, 9 May 2025, 2. 00 pm to 3.30 pm As USAID retreats from global development and humanitarian aid, authoritarian regimes are growing bolder — and Big Tech is stepping into the void. This urgent panel explores how the Global Majority, especially Southeast Asia, is being reshaped by the double threat of: ⚠️ Transnational repression and shrinking civic space ⚠️ Techno-colonialism: where AI a

#DecoloniseTheInternet 🛜 We present the Post-Western Digital Rights #Manifesto. It is a radical commitment to solidarity, equity, and justice in the digital realm. This is a living document, built by and for communities resisting digital imperialism. Digital spaces were meant to liberate us, but they’ve been hijacked for surveillance, control, and corporate profit. ✊ It’s time to reclaim technology for the people. 💥 Technology has the power to transform society, but only

🚨 #WorldDayAgainstCyberCensorship 📵🌐 12 March 2025—On World Day Against Cyber Censorship , let’s be reminded that #censorship thrives on obedience. 🔥 Reject it. Resist it. Speak louder. 🔥 📵 1. What is Cyber Censorship? The internet was meant to be a tool of liberation —a space for free expression. Instead, the ruling class and governments worldwide have turned it into a weapon of control. Governments shut down networks 📵, imprison dissidents ⛓️, and erase truths t

#DecolonizeTheInternet ✊ Throwback to #RightsCon 2025: Decolonising Digital Rights & Data! 🚨 Big Tech, colonial legacies, and state power are intersecting to suppress dissent, silence resistance, and erase histories. From Palestine to Myanmar, digital platforms are complicit in oppression—profiting from engagement while muting calls for liberation. At #RightsCon2025 , as part of the ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship, we convened powerful voices from margi

Don’t miss this powerful conversation happening TODAY at @RightsCon 2025 ! 🌿 It’s time to break free from Euro-American digital frameworks and amplify the collective values of the Global South. ✊ 🗓️ Happening Today! Tuesday, February 25 🕤 Time: 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM (Taipei Time) 📍 Where: ONLINE at #RightsCon 2025 🎙️ Hear from leading expert voices from the Global South, representing marginalised communities—including LGBTI, Indigenous Peoples, and People with Disabiliti

Join us ONLINE at @RightsCon 2025 for a powerful dialogue on decolonising digital rights! 🌿 Let's dismantle Euro-American, capitalist-centric digital frameworks to embrace and amplify the collective values of the Global South. 🌎 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, February 25 🕤 Time: 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM (Taipei Time) 📍 Where: ONLINE at #RightsCon 2025 🎙️ Engage with leading expert voices from the Global South, representing marginalised communities—including LGBTI, Indigenous Peoples,

Join us ONLINE at RightsCon 2025 to discover how we're tackling online hate speech, amplifying marginalised voices, and building solidarity across communities. 💙✊ 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, February 26 🕘 Time: 9:00 AM Taipei Time 📍 Where: ONLINE ONLY at #RightsCon 2025 🎙️ Engage with experts: 🔹 Yasmin Ullah (Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network) 🔹 Jean Dinco (Manushya Foundation) 🔹 Hafizh Nabiyyin (SAFENET) 🔹 Debbie Stothard (ALTSEAN-Burma) ✨ Let’s unite for digi

The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author. Jean is the Digital Rights Advisor of Manushya Foundation. We welcomed 2025 with the hope that the new year would bring some new beginnings. But the optimism did not age well as we were instead welcomed by companies who preemptively bent the knee to fascism. Though Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration is yet to occur at the time of writing this article, the desperate scramble of CEOs to appease fascism