Social Media & Politics in Southeast Asia with Merlyna Lim
Southeast Asia Research Centre for Digital Tech and Society (SEADS), Monash University in collaboration with the University of Nottingham in-person event, Social Media & Politics in Southeast Asia with Merlyna Lim, a discussion featuring the author herself who will talk about her publication of the same title as well as other subject matter experts that will expand the conversation to include topics such as the imperial laboratory, technological manipulation, hate speech and more.
- Type
- Capacity building and awareness raising
- Status
- Implementation
Apr 22, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 09:00 PM (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur / UTC800)
Seminar Room 6-2-14, Monash University Malaysia
Discussion Panel
Other than Merlyna Lim, the discussion will feature three other subject matter experts - Ms Siti Nurliza of Sinar Project, Ms Nalini Elumalai of ARTICLE 19, and Dr Stefan Bächtold of SEADS.
Siti Nurliza is the Technologist at Sinar Project, a civic tech organization that works on open data, open government and digital rights. With a background in Statistics, she does data analysis, researches on internet censorship, manages Sinar's servers and provides technical advice to country partners from time to time.
Nalini Elumalai is a grassroots and human rights activist. Nalini has been actively involved in grassroots and human rights issues since 2003 as an undergraduate student. She is also actively involved in grassroots movements concerning workers, the rural poor, and plantation workers. Nalini is currently the Senior Malaysia Programme Officer at ARTICLE 19, focusing on countering hate speech and reforming freedom of expression work in Malaysia. Before joining ARTICLE 19, Nalini held an eight-year tenure with human rights NGO Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) as a right to trial Campaign Coordinator, Secretary of Abolish ISA Movement (GMI), and then steering the organization forward as Executive Director.
The discussion will be moderated by Ms Gayathry Ventikeswaran from the University of Nottingham.
Gayathry Venkiteswaran is Assistant Professor of media, politics and gender at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. She has more than 20 years of experience as a journalist, editor, media activist, researcher and media educator, working in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. She is the former executive director of the Bangkok-based Southeast Asian Press Alliance. Prior to that, she headed the Malaysian Centre for Independent Journalism. Her area of expertise and research includes freedom of expression, media freedom and right to information, media in Southeast Asia, media and politics, media reforms, digital rights, journalism as a profession, organising and mobilising for media rights and civic space.
Partners
