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On the vision for tech, better internet speed, and online (and offline) violence: The FMA Digital Rights Roundup (July 16-31, 2022)

DIGITAL SERVICES TAX, DIGITAL GOV’T SERVICES: TECH PRIORITIES FROM SONA 2022 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, July 25, addressed Congress in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), with some points of his 74-minute speech touching on technology-related issues. President Marcos Jr.’s 19 priority bills include the E-Government Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 3 years ago

Privacy

Module 4: Basic Digital Security

Module 4 – Basic Digital Security https://youtu.be/Utj3opH1yPg Introduction Now that you’ve learned about the right to privacy, as well as the basics of data protection, it’s time to learn about one of the most practical ways to protect the privacy of your personal and organizational data: digital security. Digital security Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 4 years ago

Privacy

Module 3: Emerging Privacy Trends and Issues

Module 3 – Emerging Trends and Issues on Privacy Introduction By this time, you are now armed with a basic understanding of the concepts of Privacy and Data Protection, as well as the key elements of the Philippines’s Data Privacy Act. This is crucial for this next discussion, which will Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 4 years ago

Human Rights

[iDEFEND Statement] Human Rights groups welcome Iceland resolution on the Philippines

In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND) welcomes the resolution filed by Iceland at the 41st UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva, seeking a comprehensive report by the High Commissioner, on the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines pursuant to the government’s war on drugs. The draft resolution Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 6 years ago

eVAW

This Day in #Herstory: “Women Are Not Commodities”

Every year, the Philippines observes December 12 as the International Day against Trafficking to mark the adoption of the “Protocol To Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.” As part of the advocacy campaign during International Day Against Trafficking in 2011, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 7 years ago

Internet Rights

When the noise makes you silent: Human rights defenders and freedom of expression

By JV Manglicmot Last December 1 and 2, I, along with other staff members of Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) attended the FreeXP.con in the Hive Hotel in Quezon CIty. The FreeXP.con is a conference organized by HRonline to address the threats against freedom of expression that human rights defenders Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 7 years ago

eVAW

This day in #Herstory: Love is… freedom from violence

On February 14, 2013 the One Billion Rising campaign was launched globally as a global day of action, and dancing, to protest against violence against women. It was a call for one billion women and all the men who love them to walk out of their offices, homes, and schools, Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 7 years ago

Home

Women Learn The Basics

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | Generally, Digital Literacy is the set of competencies required for full participation in knowledge society. It includes knowledge, skills and behaviors involving the effective use of digital devices such as computer desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets for the purpose of communications, seeking job opportunity, expression, collaboration, education Read more…

By Christina Lopez, 7 years ago

Gender & ICT

Joint Statement on Facebook’s Internal Guideline for Content Moderation

The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) is one of the signatories of a joint statement on Facebook’s Internal Guideline for Content Moderation, and its impact on women and gender violence. This statement is borne out of the UK-based Guardian publication releasing in late May 2017 “The Facebook Files“, leaked internal documents Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 8 years ago

Gender & ICT

Philippines in the UPR: Misrepresentations and Myopic Responses

This year, the Philippines is undergoing its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC). The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) submitted a UPR stakeholder report on the state of digital rights in the Philippines together with the Association of Progressive Communications (APC), as well as Read more…

By Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), 8 years ago