On 14 October 2025, Manushya Foundation’s Digital Rights Advisor, Jean Linis-Dinco, represented the organization at the WSIS+20 Stakeholder Consultations, a key UN platform reviewing global digital governance. With only three minutes to speak, Jean delivered a sharp and uncompromising message: the digital world is far from equitable, and global frameworks must confront real power imbalances rather than gloss over them for the benefit of the 1%. What is WSIS+20?  The World Sum

‘𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲’ is this year’s theme, and it is all about small steps that we can take to protect ourselves from online threats.  We’re sharing some cybersecurity tools to help safeguard your digital freedom. Because in the digital era, 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, it is deeply political. Cybersecurity matters for all of us, whether you’re an activist, a student, a worker, or si

#𝗔𝗖𝗦𝗖/𝗔𝗣𝗙𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚨𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀🚨 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗵𝘆𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲/𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀' 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 (𝗔𝗖𝗦𝗖/𝗔𝗣𝗙) 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿! Join Manushya’s Founder & Executive Director, 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁, and our Digital Rig

#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

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

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

#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

♾️ At Manushya Foundation, 2024 was a year of raw truths, a year where we exposed hollow promises and shattered the silence around...

🛜 #AI   #Opinion  🚨Didn’t get enough from the panel discussion and Manushya's  new report? 👉 Check out Jean Linis-Dinco, PhD now...

#AI is evolving faster than Thailand’s laws can keep up, and we’re not having it. We gathered some of the brightest minds for an unapologetic LinkedIn event—moderated by the one and only Tommy Walker—where experts Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco, Emilie Palamy Pradichit, Joanita Britto Menon, and Arzak Khan laid it all out: AI, human rights, and Thailand’s serious need for legal reform. If you missed the event, don’t stress! Slide to capture some highlights! 📹 You can still catch the

🌏 Last week, around 40 individuals representing over 15 languages, 10 Southeast Asian and other global nations, as well as a plethora of...

In recent years, the deployment of Pegasus spyware has ignited a global alarm over privacy and human rights violations. Jatupat "Pai"...

Did you know that this year’s focus of International Democracy Day , observed annually on September 15 , is on Artificial Intelligence as...