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๐ NEW UN SUBMISSION: Defending the Defenders: Digital Repression and the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Southeast Asia โ
#StopDigitalDictatorship! โ Repression in our region does not work alone. It works through the military-BigTech industrial complexโs control over the spaces where we speak and organise. ๐บ๐ณ This is Manushya Foundation's submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights defenders in the digital age. ๐ Across Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, the same machinery appears in different uniforms, such as vague cyber law

Manushya Foundation
Jun 17


Manushya at #DRAPAC2026 ๐ต๐ญ๐: Confronting techno-colonialism. Defending digital futures.
Salamat, #DRAPAC2026! From 8-10 June, Manushya joined fellow digital rights activists in Manila to push back against techno-colonialism and digital authoritarianism. At the session "Inside the Black Box: Mappining Civil Society Engagement with Big Tech on Content Moderation," hosted by the South East Asia Collaborative Policy Network (SEA CPN), our Founder & Executive Director, Emilie Palamy Pradichit, drew from Manushya Foundation's s extensive work in grassroots-led platfor

Manushya Foundation
Jun 11


Mabuhay! ๐ต๐ญโจ See you, SEA-blings and fellow digital rights defenders at #DRAPAC2026 in Manila, Philippines!
Join us for ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐
: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, a co-learning workshop organised by the South East Asia Collaborative Policy Network (SEA CPN), where Manushya Foundation is a proud member. ๐ป ๐๏ธ Wednesday, 10 June 2026 โฐ 09:00-11:50 AM UTC+8 (Manila time) ๐ Room 403, University of the Philippines, BGC What happens when content moderation system

Manushya Foundation
Jun 9


โ ๏ธ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐! โ ๏ธ By 8 May 2026, Meta can read every Instagram DM youโve ever sent.
This Friday, Meta will remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs. Mark Zuckerberg's company said that this is due to low opt-in rates. It is true that Instagram was never built for private communications, but for activists, grassroots organisers, queer support networks, mutual aid groups, and community campaigns, Instagram IS the infrastructure. Telling people to "just move to Signal" ignores the fact that you cannot move a decade of community building overnight. The pe

Manushya Foundation
May 4
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