How I See it – Internet Blackout: Who Are You to Take Away My Rights

How I See it – Internet Blackout: Who Are You to Take Away My Rights

Have you experienced an Internet blackout? Such incidence might occur when a city is hit by natural disaster or facing cyberattack. The outage of Internet service experienced by the people of Myanmar recently did not happen because of any such reasons above however, but about politics.

In this episode, Edmon Chung, the CEO of DotAsia Organisation, and Angela Arkandhi, NetMission ambassador — a university student from Indonesia who is passionate about Internet governance and digital policy — are going to explore how the Internet shutdown refrains us from exercising our rights. What are the compromises between tackling the dissemination of false information and ensuring freedom of speech online? Is Internet shutdown not an open-air prison for those who are experiencing it?

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Artificial Intelligence and Domains

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DotAsia Supports Asia Pacific Youth Leaders: APIGA 2025 and Beyond

We are excited to share that we have successfully wrapped up the 2025 Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA), conducted from 18–22 August in Busan, Republic of Korea. This is the first cycle of the expanded APIGA program, with seven Local APIGA events held between August 2024 to April 2025, and a "masterclass" Regional APIGA 2025, an enhanced program built on an upgraded curriculum.