Happy New Year! As we step into 2026, it’s a crucial moment to reflect on the digital world we are building. This edition focuses on a critical intersection: the immense environmental footprint of our Internet infrastructure and the fight for a just digital transition, seen through the eyes of Asia-Pacific youth. The Internet is not […]
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NetMission Digest – Issue #39: A New Chapter in APAC’s Tech Story (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)
The Asia-Pacific tech-policy space is shifting quickly — and this month’s updates show just how fast our digital world is changing. From clean energy breakthroughs to AI power moves, from new digital rights rules to global conversations on youth safety online, every development connects to our everyday lives. For us, these changes aren’t just headlines […]
NetMission Digest – Issue #37: Beyond Borders: Youth in the Age of Digital Dependence (Wednesday, October 15, 2025)
Across Asia-Pacific, the line between connection and dependence is blurring. From China’s booming AI labs to Malaysia’s misinformation wars, from youth protests in Nepal to age assurance debates in Australia, the region is asking a difficult question: how much control do we really have over the technologies that shape our lives? ⚙️ AI and the […]
NetMission Digest – Issue #30: Cybersecurity in Transition: Asia’s Role in a Decentralized Digital Defense (Friday, May 23, 2025)
In the ever-changing landscape of global cybersecurity, one conversation in April made ripples far beyond tech circles: should one country control the world’s most important cybersecurity database? For over two decades, the U.S. government has held near-exclusive authority over the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) system — a centralized registry for cataloging security flaws in […]
From Ballots to Bytes: Tracing the Impact of Parliamentary Elections on Iran’s Digital Sphere – Hesam Norouzpour
*This article is originally published in the Asia Pacific Policy Observatory May 2024 Report. The recent legislative elections in Iran, held on March 1, 2024, concluded with results that largely met expectations. A key policy area anticipated to dominate the agenda of the newly elected legislative assembly is the governance of digital space. Iran’s approach to […]