Here’s what you need to know this week: The Philippines is slated to investigate ‘deepfakes’ and how they may affect perceptions of truth, history, and reality, via a resolution filed by Sen. Ralph Recto urging to probe the phenomenon. A ‘deepfake’ is a combination of the words “deep learning” and Read more…
Every year, Freedom House publishes assessments on global internet freedom. This year, the report is titled “The Crisis of Social Media,” highlighting how social media spaces have been exploited due to lack of regulations in terms of their susceptibility to be utilized as tools for “political distortion and social control.” Read more…
Here’s what you need to know this week: The National Privacy Commission took decisive action when it banned 26 lending apps that unlawfully process lenders’ personal data and publicly shame them for unpaid debts. The NPC ordered the following online lending companies to stop processing personal data: Cash bus, Cash Read more…
Can you imagine a feminist internet? The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) and EMPOWER-Malaysia, with the support of Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), will be holding the a three-day collaborative workshop on Imagine a Feminist Internet in Southeast Asia+ (IFI-SEA+) that will take Read more…
When one mentions business and human rights, corporate social responsibility immediately comes to mind. But the times call for businesses to do more than plant trees, hold fundraisers, or send scholars to school – today, they are called to be at the forefront of respecting human dignity and fundamental rights. Read more…
This blog was written by Angelo Lorenzo, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held in May 2019. Being selected as a participant in the Foundation of Media Alternatives’ Digital Rights Camp in May this year was one of the many things that I am grateful for. I Read more…
This blog was written by JC Marquez, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held on May 2019. In the last week of May 2019, Foundation for Media Alternatives called for human rights defenders, advocates, and technologists to gather for a three-day camp to empower one another with Read more…
This blog was written by Archill Niña F. Capistrano, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held on May 2019. The air that pervaded the event denoted deft security: from the application, to the invite, to the venue arrangements, to the modes of communication, to taking pictures and posting Read more…
The 16th of June is International Domestic Workers’ Day and marks the eight year anniversary of the International Labour Organisation’s Convention 189 on the rights of domestic workers (‘C-189’). This was a seminal date in the history of a sector marked by devaluation of work and a lack of labour Read more…
This blog was written by Dianne Olivan, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held on May 2019. From May 28 to June 1, 2019, the Foundation for Media Alternatives organized a gathering of journalists, artists, activists, and human rights defenders to reach out and introduce digital rights Read more…