Digital Rights Updates
NFT fundraising campaign website of Malaysian graphics designer and political activist Fahmi Reza, yesterday was detected as being blocked through DNS tampering by multiple Malaysian Internet Service Providers
A look at Malaysian legal issues around freedom of expression and privacy in the digital space
Initial development version of Human Rights Censorship Dashboards generated from Citizen Lab test-lists and OONI measurement data
Testing for censorship and network interference for Philippines online media with so far has not found any conclusive evidence of any form of online media censorship. Engagemedia with support of the public, will continue to run and monitor online media for signs of future censorship.
Laws Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) cites for blocking different categories of websites in addition to Communications Multimedia Act 233 and Copyright Act, also include State Shariah Acts
An increasing demand to quell child pornography raises questions about criminal web content and Malaysian digital policy
Version 2.0 of the OONI Probe Mobile app introduces key features, that will help activists and researchers test and analyse results for online censorship
The Sinar team added new URLs to the Malaysian Citizen Lab test list, with the intention of monitoring the availability of gendered content online. The links included information, resources and services related to women’s health, sexual education, gender based violence and women’s rights.
Workshop report for for Open Observatory for Network Interference (OONI) Southeast Asia Regional Workshop 2018, on running OONI Probe tests with our local partners from Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Social Audit Phase 1: Initial findings from our desk research on digital access in Malaysia
Reusing outputs, collaborating and contributing back to existing projects and resources, for better reporting of online network censorship.
For the development of scalable and sustainable tools such as our upcoming online censorship dashboards, it is important to build and contribute to and leverage upon existing efforts such as OONI Probe and Citizen Lab test-lists.
Websites confirmed as blocked by MCMC from Open Observatory for Network Interference tests run against Citizen Lab Global and Malaysian test lists
Kay Yen Wong, shares her experiences as a youth participant at 2017 Youth Internet Governance Forum (YIGF), at Asian Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APRIGF), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Joint statement to call on Personal Data Protection Commission, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and the Royal Malaysian Police to provide substantial remedy or action plan to address the recent personal data leaks affecting millions of Malaysian citizens
Sinar Project calls for The Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to provide full disclosure on the details of take down notice of online reports of large scale Malaysian personal data available for purchase
10 ASEAN member states plus Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is now on it 18th round of negotiation. Here is our position statement for the stakeholder engagement meeting on the RCEP E-commerce chapter's impact on digital freedom and innovation together with Computer Professionals' Union (CPU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
April 10, 2017, NLU, New Delhi. Kay Wong, shares insights from workshop on policy and legal research methods
Scope of websites blocked under unspecified section of Communications and Multimedia Act (233) has now widened to include blocking websites proselytizing Christianity
A research study by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) and Sinar Project
Online Censorship of 13th General Elections media in Malaysia