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

#StopDigitalDictatorship‼️ #SaveMyanmar 🇲🇲 #RejectTheJunta ❌ 📢 MYANMAR’S ILLEGAL JUNTA CYBERSECURITY LAW: ASEAN REGIONAL COALITION STANDS AGAINST DIGITAL DICTATORSHIP! The ASEAN Regional Coalition Against Digital Dictatorship stands united against Myanmar's illegitimate junta’s Cybersecurity Law No. 1/2025—a tool designed to silence dissent, tighten its grip on power, and crush the digital freedoms of the Burmese people. ❌ This illegal law is a full blown assault on democr

♾️ We at Manushya Foundation [TAG Manushya] are officially leaving X or what we used to call Twitter. For many years since we began our work, Twitter served as a vital platform for grassroots movements like ours. It helped amplify voices in a manner that would have been impossible otherwise. It helped us break down geographical and societal barriers to spotlight global injustices and foster solidarity across borders. 🚨 But that was Twitter. X is a different platform now. Sin