NetMission.Asia is a network of passionate youth from Asia dedicated to engaging and empowering youth on Internet governance discourse with the aim to enhance youth mobility and create impact in Asia. Since 2019, the NetMission training program has been switched to a fully online experience and is open to all young people in the Asia Pacific region.
NetMission Academy is now known as an online academy for youth in the Asia Pacific region aiming to raise their awareness of various Internet governance issues and empower them with the capacity in Internet governance discourse at national, regional, and global levels.
In each of the training sessions of the Academy, an assigned group of participants will present the knowledge or concepts relevant to the theme of the sessions, including (1) access and empowerment, (2) human rights online, (3) cybersecurity, privacy and safer Internet, (4) digital economy and emerging technologies, (5) diversity and sustainability in Internet governance, as well as a case study on showcasing Asia-Pacific-oriented examples, or analyzing the related issues from the perspective of the Asia Pacific region.
This year, ambassadors and alumni of NetMission.Asia decided to launch the NetMission Case Study Series to put the work of the NetMission Academy 2022 cohort into a source of reference for different stakeholders of different regions, in order to add a youth perspective on issues that have been being discussed in the past years during the Internet governance policymaking process.
Launching a case study series is a small step NetMission.Asia could initiate, but we believe that by documenting the outcomes of discussion among the youth community, we could better reflect the issues or concerns of the Asia Pacific region, and better represent the voice of youth and people of Asia Pacific.
In NetMission Case Study Series 2022, a total of 5 chapters are included. In chapter one, we discussed Internet access as basic human rights, and covered a study on the Internet shutdown in Myanmar and the downside of free connectivity.
In chapter two, we covered a study on cyberwar in Vietnam and the new anti-doxxing law in Hong Kong, and illustrated how we believe these situations are violating human rights online. In chapter three, we covered a study on cyberattacks in the Asia Pacific amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it became the highest concern of all issues nowadays.
In chapter 4, we covered a hot topic of the year in the world of emerging technologies – the Metaverse and NFT. The article is meant to provide an overview of Metaverse and NFT and the technologies behind them. In our last chapter, we covered sustainability on Internet and Internet governance, in order to illustrate the role of youth and different stakeholders in achieving digital governance for the future of our Internet.The launch of NetMission Case Study Series 2022 will not happen without the active participation of all the chapters’ authors, as well as our editorial team formed by 4 members, Jenna Fung, Guntur Ramadhan, Phyo Thiri Lwin, and Lam Nha Truc, from the NetMission Alumni Network. This is only the beginning of our journey, we need you, to make a future for our Internet together.