NetMission Academy 2024 Session 4: Cybersecurity, Privacy & Safer Internet – Summary

The NetMission Academy’s fourth session on “Cybersecurity, Privacy & Safer Internet” was successfully organized on January 25, 2024. The session ran smoothly thanks to the facilitation of Luke Teoh and Qurra Tul Ain Nisar. The assigned working group presented two case studies: (1) Aadhaar Data Breach (2) The 2023 NIFT Cybersecurity Breach, and also fruitful […]

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Human Rights Violation in Digital Spaces – Palak Jain

The world’s largest democracy saw the beginning of the world’s longest internet shutdown on 4th August 2019. This shutdown, part of a complete communication cut, lasted 552 days. The Indian government implemented this in the former state of Jammu and Kashmir post the abrogation of article 370 of the country’s constitution with the claims of […]

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The Ethics of Data Collection: Who Should Have Access to Your Personal Information? – Paribhasha Pradhan

The way we communicate and engage with the world around us has been completely transformed by the internet. Our lives are now more convenient and linked than ever because of the various avenues it has created for communication, business, and pleasure. This ease, nevertheless, has not been without a price. Without our awareness or permission, […]

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How The Myanmar Cybersecurity Bill 2022 Threatens Rights To Privacy, Freedom Of Expression, And Access To Information – Jeremy Z. M.

Background The State Administrative Council (SAC) started to circulate a draft Cyber Security Law in February 2021 with the intention to replace the Electronic Transition Law (ETL) 2004, which was last amended on February 25, 2014. The revised draft of the Cyber Security Law was circulated in the following year in January 2022.  This article […]

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NetMission Case Study Series 2023

Case Study Series 2023 is a series of blog posts initiated and presented by the ambassadors of NetMission Academy 2023 – an online Internet governance academy for youth in the Asia Pacific region. The series documented the extended studies of the ambassadors on different topics, including: This series aims to raise public awareness of various […]

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