𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 #𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 in our digital world 🚨

𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 #𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 in our digital world 🚨 Last month at EngageMedia’s #DRAPAC2025, our Founder & CEO Emilie Palamy Pradichit delivered a clear warning: 𝘀𝗼-𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗲-𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹.

Speaking from the Thai context, Emilie Palamy showed how these measures risk becoming tools of 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, silencing communities, shutting young people out of civic spaces, and deepening structural inequalities.

“𝗜𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮, 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘀 ‘𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆’ — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 — 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.”— 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁

As Decolonial Intersectional Feminists, Manushya Foundation is clear: 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. True child safety means protecting without excluding — ensuring transparency, accountability, and equal access for all young people, regardless of their passport, income, or status.

Emilie Palamy was joined by Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco, our Digital Rights Advisor, who contributed via video recording.

Thanks very much to SAFEnet and SEACPN for organizing this important session!

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