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STORY OF THE DAY • May 26, 2023 • 9 min read

Cyberspace Stopping the scroll: Vietnam threatens TikTok ban

By Govi Snell • May 26, 2023
Hanoi has launched an unusually thorough probe of the video-sharing platform's local operations. As authorities brand the app a social ill, concerns loom over both domestic speech restrictions and sovereignty issues with China

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 23, 2021 • 11 min read

Myanmar coup Twitter surged in post-coup Myanmar, but momentum may be slowing

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

Oct 26, 2020 • 6 min read
Radicalisation

Shunted off Facebook, Indonesia’s extremists turn to Instagram

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

May 12, 2020 • 4 min read
Social media

Facebook: The cause of and solution to Myanmar’s fake news problem?

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

Mar 25, 2020 • 11 min read
Southeast Asian languages

The power of script

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

Oct 30, 2019 • 12 min read
Social media

Made in Vietnam

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

Oct 15, 2019 • 13 min read
Khmer language

Tongue-tied

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

Aug 13, 2018 • 12 min read
Myanmar

Hate speech on Facebook still persists

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

Dec 09, 2013 • 6 min read
Digital Myanmar

Hip to be Squar

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