February 16-28, 2022 The Digital Rights Roundup, published by the Foundation for Media Alternatives, contains regular updates on what Filipinos need to know about their digital rights. Philippines’s Mandatory SIM Card Registration Threatens Privacy and Free Speech The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act, ratified recently by the Philippine Read more…
#VetoSimCardReg #VetoSocMedReg We, a group of concerned organizations and individuals from all over the world, call on Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, to veto the country’s proposed SIM Card Registration Act given the serious threat it poses to human rights, particularly the right to privacy and free expression. If enacted, it Read more…
February 1-15, 2022 The Digital Rights Roundup, published by the Foundation for Media Alternatives, contains regular updates on what Filipinos need to know about their digital rights. PCCI, DICT partner for satellite broadband connectivity The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has partnered with the Department of Information and Read more…
A study conducted by the Development Action for Women Network (DAWN) in partnership with Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact on international migration (including labor migration) and on migrant workers. Women migrant workers particularly felt the abrupt changes of needing to return to their Read more…
January 1-31, 2022 The Digital Rights Roundup, published by the Foundation for Media Alternatives, contains regular updates on what Filipinos need to know about their digital rights. BSP pushes use of alternative data, including from social media, for credit scoring The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is urging the industry Read more…
The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) has been mapping media reports of online gender-based violence (OGBV) in the Philippines since 2012 through the Take Back the Tech! mapping platform. Over the years, these cases have shown trends and emerging manifestations of violence against women and girls that are replicated and Read more…
The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) will soon release a policy research paper tentatively titled “Filipino Women’s Digital Agenda: Inclusion of Women’s Voices Towards Policy Reform.” The policy paper generally aims to shed light on the state of the digital divide in the Philippines, especially the gender digital divide. Specifically, Read more…
This paper shall provide an overview of the existing laws and policies on women’s rights in the Philippines, especially those in relation to the use of ICTs in four major areas, namely, (1) education, (2) employment and entrepreneurship, (3) privacy, safety and security, and (4) expression and identity. It shall Read more…
The battle for facts needs you. This is what more than 100 organizations from the media, coalitions, civil society, business, academe, law, and the Church said as they launched a first-of-its kind initiative on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, called “#FactsFirstPH.” #FactsFirstPH brings together various sectors that are committed to promoting Read more…
EFF and Human Rights Watch, along with nearly 130 organizations and academics working in 56 countries, regions, or globally, urged members of the Ad Hoc Committee responsible for drafting a potential United Nations Cybercrime Treaty to ensure human rights protections are embedded in the final product. The first session of the Ad Read more…