From OHCHR - report on digital tech and civic space in SE Asia
While the expansion of Internet access and proliferation of digital technologies has created unprecedented opportunities, it has also brought about online harms such as the accelerated spread of hate speech and provided State and non-State actors with tools for targeting critics and competitors, and to undermine democratic governance. Digital tools have also been used to surveil and harass dissenting voices.
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Useful read from Shadowserver on cyber threat activity, devices & their vulnerabilities in 4 Southeast Asian countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand
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Our 2022 Impact Report is here! We worked with our community to:
🔌 Connect underserved populations
🪴 Grow reliable, affordable access
🙋🏽♀️ Counter actions that threaten the Internet
Because we believe in an #InternetForEveryone. Read the full report👇
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Oh, so business is all about the bottom line, you say, we can't pay our employees more, we have to compete, you say? Well, Singapore Airlines begs to differ. They just paid their staff an 8-month salary bonus after record profits, recognizing their hard work and sacrifices during the pandemic. Senior management won't receive the bonus. #BusinessBeyondProfit #SomeGoodNews
BigTech, tax loopholes (or is it avoidance?) and global minimum tax.
Will the OECD plan actually realise all it suggests it will?
Weekend reading: The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation
Useful read: Improving how online censorship is measured and analysed.
https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/making-censorship-data-more-user-friendly
Can a nation state exist in the digital realm with citizens dispersed across the globe, and no land mass to speak of?
Tuvalu is exploring just that as rising sea levels from climate change swallows up its land mass.
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The Mid Career Fellowship is back! 💫 Applications are now open for the 2023 program.
Global mid career Internet champions will gain the knowledge, skills, and tools to enable inclusive, innovative, holistic, and strategic leadership.
Learn more & apply: https://www.internetsociety.org/fellowships/mid-career/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mcf2023
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The #IETF116 Yokohama meeting hosted by the WIDE Project is about to start! Thanks to all our meeting sponsors, including Akamai, Cisco, ericsson, Huawei, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, & Meta. Read more and watch at:
https://ietf.org/live/
“In part, stagnation was inevitable, part of the life cycle of companies, said Professor O'Mara. The start-ups have become the status quo, with a financial interest in not innovating.”
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In Utrecht, NL people have been falling into a pond because duckweed has been stressed by the cold and turned it red an looks exactly like a cycle path.
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Kudos to #MichelleYeoh
And thank you for THIS:
“Ladies, don’t let anyone tell you that you’re past your prime.”
AMEN
#oscars #MichelleYeoh
Good summary by @medianama of the Digital India Act consultation held earlier this week.
Looks like this Act will cover a whole bunch of things. 🤨
The open question - for now - is whether it’ll be supportive or restrictive of the open Internet. @nixxin
https://www.medianama.com/2023/03/223-30-talking-points-digital-india-act-consultation/
@joebeone The “u” count in that looks to be directly proportional to the state of the world, markets, weather events in 2023.
So just about right.
ICYMI - a good piece by my good friend Deepak writing in Businessline:
"Telecom licensing is about carriage, not content".
"Even if one were to speciously accept the ‘Same Service, Same Rule’ argument such a regime must confer ‘Same Rights’. However, the OTTs cannot participate in the spectrum auctions, nor are they eligible for right of way to lay a cable. Clearly, they are not the same."
Looks like China's new 'National Data Bureau' will take over regulation of the digital economy. 🤔
@jrforster17 Good to see you in Manila, Jim!
Worth a read - research from our friends at InternetNZ on how New Zealanders use the Internet. Some interesting insights around issues such as safety, usage and sentiment.
https://internetnz.nz/new-zealands-internet-insights/new-zealands-internet-insights-2022/
After 3 years, APRICOT is back in-person in Manila and @internetsociety is too! Visit us at the MANRS desk and catch-up with our team there.
See what we are doing at APRICOT 2023 and come say mabuhay!
https://www.internetsociety.org/events/apricot-2023/
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