Session Summary on IGF 2021 WS110 The Paradox of Virus Contact Tracing Apps

By Jenna Fung and Pedro de Perdigão Lana On 7th December 2021, IGF 2021 WS #110 is held both physically in Katowice, Poland, and virtually on ZOOM. The session started with a brief introduction to the session rundown delivered by Emilia Zalewska (onsite moderator). Followed by a 5-minute introduction in the background. Jenna Fung (online […]

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NetMission Academy 2022 Recruitment

NetMission.Asia 2022 Recruitment Application Period: 20 Sep – 24 Nov 2021 The NetMission Academy offers motivated individuals the chance to further their understanding of Internet Governance issues. Graduates of the academy can become NetMission Ambassadors, working together with a team to build an initiative for the development of the Internet and advance the governance discussions […]

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Asia Pacific Youth IGF 2021 Recruitment

What is yIGF? Organized and facilitated by NetMission.Asia, the Youth IGF occurs in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) annually, to raise awareness and build the capacity for youth to join the Internet governance discussions. Based on the mandate of IGF to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, […]

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NetMission Insight: Struggling on Fake News During the Mass Protest in Myanmar

Written by Phyo Thiri Lwin Myanmar is one of the countries where millions of social media users exist like all the other countries. As a result, the growing hate speech over the political points of view has increased due to the low rate of media and information literacy. Before the military coup happened, the inner […]

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NetMission Insight: What does ethical technology mean to you?

Written by Jenna Fung Ethics is based on standards of right and wrong that prescribe what one ought to do in terms of rights, obligations, fairness, or specific virtues. (Velasquez et al., 2010) To describe a person who is being ethical generally means someone who is behaving as “right” in a moral sense and following […]

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