We bring the most recent or up-to-date information on a particular topic or situation about gender & ICT in the Philippines!
The CEDAW Shadow Report co-authored by FMA is out!
- CEDAW Shadow Report: Voices, Choices, Participation and Access to Justice: Weaving the Girl Child’s Experience (2023)
- CEDAW Shadow Report: Duterte-Marcos Legacy to Marginalized Women (2023)
Check the latest scoop on Gender, AI, and Disinformation
- News anchors targeted by deepfake scammers on Facebook
- Video of me endorsing menopause drug is fake
- The Undermining of Women in Politics: Gendered Disinformation in Bangladesh
Press Freedom
- Deplatforming Quiboloy: How do tech platforms deal with users facing rights abuse cases?
- Media groups laud gov’t action to Pampanga demolition harassment
Gender-based Violence
- Men try to read the most disturbing comments women get online back to them.
- The Guardian view on online child protection: the web needs more health and safety
- Fake dentist in Malabon arrested for sextortion
- Sexually harassed student ‘traumatized further’ as teachers sue for cyber libel
- Navy personnel nabbed for threatening to spread sex videos with girlfriend
- Woman held for sextortion in Batangas
- ‘Ay na-send!’ Accidental sending of photos to group chat leads to sextortion; teen arrested
- HULIweek: Ex-Boyfriend Arrested for Photo and Video Voyeurism
- Gabriela lauds female lawyer for suing NLRC official
- Ex-Cebu councilor allegedly took pictures up lawyer’s skirt
- NBI arrests Gingoog woman who sold daughters’ sex abuse videos online
Surveillance, Privacy, and Data Protection
- The Guardian view on online child protection: the web needs more health and safety
- SK councilor and other youth activists red-tagged via posters near Cebu University
Government initiatives
- DICT trains Viscom soldiers in cybersecurity management
- Protect Our Children: Gesmundo Wanes Vs Digital Threats, Vulnerabilities Vs Kids
- Better reporting, response needed to address bullying in schools — DepEd
- Cybercrime cases continue to rise, up 21.84 percent in Q1
- At the UN, women find ways to battle inequality, poverty, violence, and digital illiteracy
- CHR condemns crimes vs girls
- ACG beefs up drive vs online sexual abuse and exploitation
- DOST-Davao empowers women’s association
- Tarlac town empowers solo parents
- MisOc launches initiative for protection, empowerment of women and children
Tech for Good or Bad?
- YouTube tightens rules on AI, deepfakes, political ads amid global elections
- Meta to boost ‘sextortion’ protections on Instagram
- The dangers of selling your GCash accounts on social media
- Meta to start labeling AI-generated content in May
- Meta oversight board reviews handling of AI-created celebrity porn
- Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages
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