Manushya at #DRAPAC2026 🇵🇭🌐: 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 platform accountability to expose how content moderation is:

🚫 𝖠𝖽𝗏𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗇𝗈-𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂-𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂-𝖿𝖾𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖴𝖲

🚫 𝖤𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝖽𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌

🚫 𝖥𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋-𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾

Emilie Palamy called on Big Tech to move beyond apologies and content restoration toward genuine accountability, transparency, and remedy.

“𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘆. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲.”

She urged platforms to recognise digital transnational repression, address systemic patterns of harm, and uphold the same standards of accountability expected of any corporation whose decisions impact human rights.

🙌🏽 We’re immensely grateful to connect with fellow SEA defenders, including:

• SAFEnet 🇮🇩

• Foundation for Media Alternatives 🇵🇭

• ASEAN SOGIE Caucus 🌈🌏

• Colors Rainbow 🇲🇲

• Cambodian Center for Independent Media 🇰🇭

• Cambodian Center for Human Rights 🇰🇭

• CIVICUS 🌏

and many more SEAblings building collective power against digital repression.

✊ Here’s to a Southeast Asia where movements stand in solidarity to hold states and Big Tech accountable to the people.

#StopDigitalDictatorship #EnoughBigTech

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings