East Asia

The Chinese lesson on the human rights approach to AI

Written by Oiwan Lam

30 April 2026

Indonesia and the politics of platform governance

Written by Irma Garnesia

17 April 2026

How AI is used to influence global elections

Written by Tactical Tech

3 April 2026

Cambodian police arrest journalist for reporting on online scam center

Written by Mong Palatino

25 February 2026

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How AI is upgrading African dictatorship

The IDS mapping shows cameras clustered where opposition parties organize, not where ordinary crime is highest

Written by Guest Contributor

22 May 2026

The challenge of civic trust as AI plays a bigger role in public management

The challenge of civic trust in the face of AI is temporal as much as technical

Written by Nishant Shah

27 April 2026

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai receives a 20-year jail sentence

For the 78-year-old publisher, 20 years of imprisonment is effectively a death sentence.

Written by Oiwan Lam

10 February 2026

Malaysian journalist briefly detained for sedition over a question during a public lecture

The journalist resigned and issued an apology after facing harassment for asking a controversial question

Written by Mong Palatino

9 February 2026

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law

After two years of trial, Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forces

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

17 December 2025

A Filipino journalist pushes back against red-tagging and disinformation by taking on Meta

The petition aims to compel tech platforms to review how they handle human rights issues

Written by Mong Palatino, IFEX

13 December 2025

Five years of fighting: The state of digital violence against female journalists and activists in Indonesia

Many female journalists and activists face relentless digital attacks

Written by Irma Garnesia

15 November 2025

Laura Jasper on the AI threat: It’s not just fake news, it’s personalized political warfare

The speed, scale, and personalization of disinformation campaigns with AI is unprecedented

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

14 November 2025

Do you follow?: How technology can exacerbate ‘information disorder’

‘It is very, very difficult to dislodge [misinformation] from your brain’

Written by Safa, Tactical Tech

10 November 2025

The AI divide: Can the West foster a fair and democratic process for AI governance?

Benefits and opportunities must be more equally distributed in today’s digital economy

Written by Abdallah Abdallah

7 November 2025

Macau independent news outlet announces closure following government deregistration

The Macau government said: This media ‘no longer has the legal basis for conducting relevant activities.’

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

7 November 2025

How civil society groups and activists are planning to reclaim civic space in Vietnam

Many in the international community are unaware of Vietnam’s authoritarian status and policies

Written by Mong Palatino

25 October 2025

Defamation charges filed against those who exposed the billion-dollar scam network in Thailand and Cambodia

Reporters found connections between an alleged scammer and money launderer and Thai government officials

Written by Mong Palatino

15 October 2025

Australian researcher arrested in Thailand for allegedly defaming Malaysian government

Murray Hunter's case is the latest example of transnational repression in Southeast Asia

Written by Mong Palatino

8 October 2025

How a Chinese company exports the Great Firewall to autocratic regimes

Xinjiang has become a testing ground for new surveillance technologies

Written by Global Voices East Asia

18 September 2025

DeepSeek and the digital battleground: China’s AI influence abroad

We could see a worldwide normalization of AI technology for surveillance and propaganda purposes

Written by Yasemin Yam

5 September 2025

When digital democracy disappears, so does the power of the people

When civil society is pushed offline, what’s lost isn’t just voices, but history, memory, resistance, and possibility

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

23 August 2025

Chinese digital propaganda in Central America

This report is the first of its kind to take a in-depth look at Chinese soft power in Central America

Written by ProBox

Translated by Melissa Vida

28 July 2025

Thai activist lawyer Anon Nampa faces over 29 years in prison over ‘Royal Insult’

He has been detained at the Bangkok Remand Prison since September 2023

Written by Prachatai

17 July 2025

Malaysian human rights activists celebrate victories while noting that free speech challenges remain

The victories concerned the Malaysia Media Council, a fatwa, and the right to protest

Written by Mong Palatino

15 July 2025

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