During the third quarter (July-September) of 2025, the Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) observed a surge in digital repression The post Cyber Police Trigger Surge in Digital Rights Violations during Third Quarter of 2025 first appeared on SAFEnet.| SAFEnet
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In this piece, we argue that the DPDPA 2023 and the accompanying Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“DPDPA Rules 2025 or Rules”) fail to meaningfully operationalize the principles of purpose limitation and data minimization. In response, we argue for the necessity of reading these principles into the Act through a constitutional interpretive approach. Such a reading is essential not only to honor constitutional commitments but also to harmonize India’s data protection f...| DigiCon
To drive innovation and investments and provide consumers with provider choice we need more competition in telecom services in Europe.| Consumer Corner
The active collection of citizen data by both government and private enterprises during Việt Nam’s “digital transformation” has raised concerns regarding the right to own and control personal data. This situation poses several important questions: How does the law protect these rights? Are the| The Vietnamese Magazine
In September 2024, a social media storm erupted around 16-year-old Chu Ngọc Quang Vinh, a 12th-grade English major at Nguyễn Tất Thành High School for the Gifted in Yên Bái province. The incident began with a post Vinh| The Vietnamese Magazine
Sept. 15 marked the deadline for Việt Nam's citizens to claim their “Independence Day gift,” a high-profile and unprecedented national "tax rebate" campaign. Beyond the logistics of the distribution, however, the campaign’s motives warrant scrutiny, particularly in light of a recent, catastrophic data breach at the National Credit Information| The Vietnamese Magazine
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The seizure of power by the Myanmar military junta in February 2021 unleashed a brutal nationwide campaign of oppression, encompassing intensified physical violence and a sophisticated strategy of digital repression. According to a press release dated Sept. 9, 2025, from Justice For Myanmar (JFM), this "digital terror campaign" hinges on| The Vietnamese Magazine
Amidst demonstrations in Indonesia, various digital rights violations continue to occur. The post Digital Rights Violations During Demonstrations in Indonesia first appeared on SAFEnet.| SAFEnet
As digital platforms increasingly become battlegrounds for public discourse, the harassment of women journalists must be recognized and addressed as a critical threat to democracy.| Foundation for Media Alternatives
The United Kingdom has just delivered the world’s most expensive demonstration of why throwing technology at social problems doesn’t work. After two years of ignoring expert advice and …| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
The violation isn’t just legal, it’s relational and social. What matters is how power is being used, and who bears the cost of exposure.| Foundation for Media Alternatives
Paris March 27, 2019 – Internet Without Borders and its Chadian and international partners, gathered around the coalition #Maalla_Gatétou (Editor’s note: Why did you cut in Chadian Arabic), launch a series of actions on March 28, 2019 to commemorate a year of social media shutdown in Chad, a country in Central Africa ruled, for nearly| Internet Sans Frontières
The Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2025 introduces far-reaching provisions that, while seemingly aimed at enhancing regulatory… The post Human Rights Analysis of the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2025 first appeared on ICJ Kenya. The post Human Rights Analysis of the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2025 appeared first on ICJ Kenya.| ICJ Kenya
A coalition of stakeholders composed of Business and Industry Groups, Joint Foreign Chambers, Public Service Organizations, Tech Organizations, and Civil The post [FMA] Groups urge PBBM to sign Konektadong Pinoy into Law appeared first on Foundation for Media Alternatives.| Foundation for Media Alternatives
The Philippines stands at a defining moment in shaping its economic development. Since the pandemic, the country has witnessed the accelerated digital| Foundation for Media Alternatives
The internet may have rewritten data rights, but courts are starting to catch up. The lawsuits of the future are already being drafted today, and in| PYMNTS.com
From February 24 to 27, 2025, Human Rights Online Philippines (HRonlinePH) proudly took part in RightsCon 2025 the world’s leading The post [FMA] Global dialogues, local impact: Human Rights Online Philippines joins RightsCon 2025 appeared first on Foundation for Media Alternatives.| Foundation for Media Alternatives
On April 23, the Foundation for Media Alternatives launched the 10-Point Digital Rights Electoral Agenda, bringing together digital rights experts, journalists, The post [FMA] FMA launches 2025 Digital Rights Electoral Agenda; calls for collective push for better internet appeared first on Foundation for Media Alternatives.| Foundation for Media Alternatives
As long as platforms like RightsCon exist, there will always be spaces for advocacy, dialogue, and solutions to make the digital world safer and more equitable for everyone. The post [FMA] Digital Rights in Southeast Asia After 10 Years: A Reflection from a Gender Rights Advocate appeared first on Foundation for Media Alternatives.| Foundation for Media Alternatives
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has the potential to benefit consumers by opening up markets that Big Tech has dominated for too long. But this potential will not be fulfilled unless the European Commission acts decisively to ensure the DMA is fully implemented. In the face of Big Tech gatekeepers dragging their feet, and now enlisting the US Government to fight off EU laws, the EU must hold its ground or lose its credibility, argue Vanessa Turner and Sébastien Pant. It is f...| Consumer Corner
This week, I'm at #RightsCon 2025 in Taiwan, discussing open platforms and Mastodon's role in the new social web.| The lost outpost
In the first week of 2025, Mark Zuckerberg has made a key announcement that Meta is overhauling its content moderation policies, getting rid of fact-checkers “to focus...on tackling illegal and high-severity violations,” continuing a dangerous trend by Big-tech to go for profit and populism in the name of free speech. Though the changes are starting| African Feminism (AF) - a pan-African feminists digital platform and collabor...
