Written by Nimrah Perveen, Harisa Shahid, and Qurratulain Nisar (Edited by Jenna Manhau Fung) The second training session of NetMission Academy 2023 was held successfully on January 12, 2023, with great moderation and facilitation by Luke Teoh and Lam Nha Truc. In this session, 37 participants and 10 alumni from all around the Asia Pacific […]
Tag: Access
Internet Access as Basic Human Rights: A Study on Internet Shutdown in Myanmar & the Downside of Free Connectivity
Edited by Luke Rong Guang Teoh, Jenna Fung, Zin Myo Htet, Guntur Ramadhan, Phyo Thiri Lwin In this digital era, we can see how the Internet has become an important tool in our daily life. On the other hand, the Internet allows people to access information, to access communication, and so forth. On the other […]
NetMission Insight: Access & Empowerment
Written by Ahnaf Sadat Zakaria ,Guntur Ramadhan,Stephen Arumasi (Edited By Stephen Arumasi, Jenna Fung) Internet Governance (IG) is the way that involves the development and application of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. It is a globally distributed network comprising many voluntarily interconnected autonomous […]
NetMission Insight: What are Blacklist and Whitelist – A Recent case of Myanmar
Written by Phyo Thiri Lwin (Edited by Jenna Fung) Back in February 2021, there were two nationwide Internet outages in Myanmar. On February 5, the military council started banning social media and messaging apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp by using the blacklist method to users as an immediate response to interrupt international […]
Summary of Training II: Access & Empowerment
Training II: Access and Empowerment was held on 14 January 2020. We are honoured to have two guest speakers on our webinar this time. It was an invaluable experience to have an insightful exchange on the topic with our speakers Naveed Haq (Regional Development Manager, Asia-Pacific at Internet Society) and Maureen Hilyard (Chair of At-Large […]