The rapid evolution of digital platforms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly influenced online interactions, shaping regulations and policies aimed at ensuring cybersecurity, privacy, and safer Internet experiences. Governments and private entities worldwide grapple with the challenge of balancing security with user freedoms, data protection, and ethical AI governance. This case study explores two significant […]
Author: NetMission Ambassador
NetMission Digest – Issue #28: From Global Collaboration to Fierce Competition & the Rise of DeepSeek (Monday, March 17, 2025)
The Paris AI Action Summit was meant to be a defining moment for global AI governance, bringing together leaders to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. However, a sharp divide emerged when the United States and the United Kingdom declined to sign the declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI. Their absence raises key questions: Was […]
Landlocked but not Mindlocked: Modernizing Mongolia from Mines to Minds – Kenneth Leung
*This article is originally published in the Asia Pacific Policy Observatory December 2024 Report. Bracing Transformations with Second-Wave Democracy As Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) Chairman Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene assumed his second prime ministership on July 5, 2024, he extended an invitation to opposition parties in his acceptance speech to form a “Joint Government” for bold reforms and […]
Digital Rights Under Siege: Navigating Data Scraping and the Battle for Journalistic Freedom
Human rights online encompasses digital freedom that protects individuals’ privacy, expression, and access to information in a connected world. These rights are crucial for ensuring democratic participation and safeguarding personal dignity while exercising fundamental rights. Recently, numerous human rights violations have emerged, from unauthorized data scraping by AI companies to systematic harassment of journalists, threatening […]
Connecting the Unconnected: Bridging the Digital Divide through Grassroot Initiatives in Sri Lanka and Women’s Empowerment in Nepal
The Digital Divide in Asia-Pacific: A Persistent Challenge The Asia-Pacific digital landscape features metropolises like Tokyo and Singapore with world-leading connectivity alongside vast unconnected rural territories, affecting half of the region’s 4.3 billion people. This disparity represents the greatest obstacle to inclusive development across APAC. Sri Lanka exemplifies the rural-urban divide with 80.6% rural population […]