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By Jack Brook and Govi Snell • Dec 13, 2021
Patchy oversight enables regimes to spread propaganda and silence critics while vulnerable populations and their defenders are targeted
By Allegra Mendelson • Jun 23, 2021
Social media has been integral to the resistance movement in Myanmar, with Twitter growing since the coup with perceptions of it as more secure, immediate and far-reaching. But its momentum has dipped in recent months, with some seeing limitations in the platform
By Cecil Morella and Jake Soriano/AFP • Feb 25, 2021
A torrent of misinformation on Facebook has put activists, journalists, politicians, and lawyers across the Philippines at risk as President Rodrigo Duterte's government and military out alleged supporters of a decades-old Maoist insurgency.
By Alice Philipson • Dec 01, 2020
Amnesty International warned on December 1 that Facebook and Google are fast becoming "human rights-free zones" in Vietnam, accusing the tech titans of helping censor peaceful dissent and political expression
With more than 130 million users in Indonesia alone, Facebook has long been the platform of choice for extremists in the archipelago. But with Facebook tightening its controls over extremist content, many are turning to Instagram to promote the cause
By Ainur Rohmah • Oct 26, 2020
Long closed off to the world, free engagement with the internet for Myanmar's citizens only began in the past decade. Today, media literacy remains low and fake news abounds on social media platforms like Facebook – but there are companies working to change that
By Kiana Duncan • May 12, 2020
With the rise of the internet age, Southeast Asia is fast embracing change. But within a digital world initially designed for Latin scripts and fonts, the region is still playing catch up to ensure its citizens have equal access to every online feature
By Zachary Frye • Mar 25, 2020
Vietnam's new cybersecurity law has struggled to bring multinational tech companies such as Facebook to heel – but growing investment in local social media alternatives could force their hand
By Evie Breese and Paul Millar • Oct 30, 2019
Cambodia’s native language is under pressure from a globally dominant English that is generating more jargon than Khmer can easily absorb
By Simon Roughneen • Oct 15, 2019
In a nation where ethnic and religious hatreds have long simmered and occasionally boiled over, social media represents a brave new digital frontier where news battles with hearsay, gossip and threats that can have deadly consequences
By Libby Hogan • Aug 13, 2018
The launch of Myanmar’s first local-language social networking site is a sign of the digital times gripping the nation
By Bridget Di Certo • Dec 09, 2013