Event Overview On January 4, 2024, the NetMission Academy Session 1 kicked off with an introduction by Bea Guevarra, who welcomed participants. The introduction session was “Internet Governance Ecosystem & Internet Infrastructure” spearheaded by Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia Organisation, who guided the audience through various dimensions of Internet Governance. Key Speakers Five distinguished speakers […]
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NetMission Ambassadors’ blog posts
Australia’s Online Safety Codes & The Battle Against Child Sexual Exploitation – Jenna Manhau Fung
Australia’s Standards and World-first Industry Codes Australia’s Online Safety Act was commenced on January 23, 2022, providing for the online industry to develop codes to regulate “class 1” and “class 2” illegal and restricted online material, and for Australia’s online safety watchdog, eSafety Commissioner (eSafety) to register the codes upon meeting the statutory requirements. Since […]
Asia Pacific Policy Observatory Report – December 2023: A Fight for Online Safety and Digital Rights: An Overview of Recent Policy Developments in Australia, Nepal, and Myanmar
Authors: Jenna Manhau Fung, Kenneth Leung, Ankita Rathi, Jasmine Ko, and Harisa Shahid Executive Summary In today’s digital age, everyone is deeply concerned about online safety and security. It is crucial for all of us to carefully examine how policies and regulations are shaping the landscape of online safety in our region. Building upon the […]
From Greenhouse to the Forest: In My Fifth Year at the Internet Governance Forum – Jenna Manhau Fung
This reflection on my fifth-year experience at the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) arrives a tad belatedly, I won’t feign that I intentionally delayed the release of this article. Truth be told, I took some time off to travel around Japan and came back to work with an inbox packed with hundreds of unread […]
From One Digital Native – Stella Teoh
2022 data reports state that there are over 2.6 billion online users in the Asia Pacific Region; with varying internet penetration rates across the region [1]. From that number, 1 in 3 users are children [2], with the East Asia and Pacific region having 59% [3]—one of the most vulnerable stakeholder groups online, which makes […]