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How tech companies enable censorship in Vietnam

Criticism of Vietnamese officials is censored on social media

Written by Mong Palatino

30 November 2024

Forty-five Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed up to 10 years in landmark national security case

Former law professor was sentenced to 10 year imprisonment

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

21 November 2024

Reflections on youth-led movements against state repression in Bangladesh and Indonesia

"The internet shutdown was meant to stifle us, but it had the opposite effect"

Written by EngageMedia

21 November 2024

Impunity continues to threaten the work of journalists across Southeast Asia

Harassment, state-backed attacks, arbitrary detention, media killings persist in the region

Written by Mong Palatino

12 November 2024

Papuan news outlet Jubi attacked with Molotov bomb

The editor said a bomb was also placed near his house in 2023

Written by Mong Palatino

24 October 2024

#FreeMechDara: Journalist who reported on cyber scams arrested in Cambodia

Authorities accused him of posting 'fake news' about a quarrying operation

Written by Mong Palatino

15 October 2024

Where are the leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement now?

September 28, 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the start of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

13 October 2024

Hong Kong police told a US tech firm to take down diaspora media site on national security grounds

Flow HK was founded in early 2021 by a number of diaspora activists

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

9 October 2024

X overtakes WeChat in spreading Chinese disinformation about the 2024 US presidential elections

Influencers are exploiting Chinese Americans' political trauma when spreading disinformation

Written by Oiwan Lam

7 October 2024

Ex-editor of Hong Kong’s Stand News Chung Pui-kuen jailed for 21 months for sedition in landmark case

The duo are the first journalists convicted of sedition since HK's 1997 handover

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

27 September 2024

Hong Kong Article 23: Three jailed over a seditious T-shirt, bus graffiti, social media posts in six months

The three were sentenced between 10 and 14 months in prison over political slogans

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

23 September 2024

‘Truth deserves to be seen’: Artists decry film censorship in the Philippines

The filmmakers asserted there is nothing subversive in the films

Written by Mong Palatino

20 September 2024

Lessons from Indonesia's 2024 election: Social media, censorship, and youth vote

Young activists shared how the spread of disinformation and the use of AI influenced election results

Written by EngageMedia, Rezwan

17 September 2024

Hong Kong journalists are under systematic and organized attacks

Dozens of Hong Kong journalists threatened, intimidated and harassed since June

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

16 September 2024

China’s top nationalist influencer Hu Xijin silenced for over a month, but very few miss him

Many believe that Hu overstepped by critiquing government policy

Written by Oiwan Lam

4 September 2024

Two Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition after a 2-year trial

The court finds 11 interviews and commentaries on now-defunct Stand News seditious

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

30 August 2024

From Myanmar to Thailand: Displaced journalists tell their stories

They left after the coup but continued to report the situation in their communities

Written by Prachatai

27 August 2024

What are the controversies over Hong Kong’s latest cybersecurity bill?

The investigation power of the authorities is excessive and unprecedented

Written by Oiwan Lam

23 August 2024

‘We have nothing except our hearts, and our minds': Vietnamese activist sentenced to five years in prison

Anh Chi's YouTube videos denounced abuse of power

Written by Mong Palatino

19 August 2024

Malaysia’s social media licensing rule: Online protection or censorship?

Tech companies have until January 1 to comply with the new rules

Written by Mong Palatino

8 August 2024

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