This was the fifth training session of the NetMission Academy 2020 and yesterday we’d amongst us Mr. Arthur Gwagwa (Senior Research Associate, Strathmore law school, Nairobi), Hon. Charles Mok (Hong Kong Legislative Councillor representing the Information Technology Functional Constituency), and Dr. Yik Chan Chin (Lecturer in Media and Communication, Xiâan Jiaotong-Liverpool University) as our Guests. […]
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NetMission Academy 2020: Training IV Highlights – Ananya Singh
On 30 January 2020, NetMission Academy hosted another very interesting session on “Cybersecurity, Privacy and Safer Internet“. On a very honest note, this was actually my first choice when I was asked to pick 3 working groups that I’d like to contribute in and to. But since the program is extremely competitive, I couldn’t get […]
Summary of Training IV: Cybersecurity, Privacy & Safer Internet
According to a survey by management consultancy – Ernst & Young, CEOs see cybersecurity as the number one threat to the global economy over the next five to ten years. With the growing concerns and issues around cybersecurity and digital privacy, on 30th January, NetMission.Asia conducted an online training webinar for their ambassadors of batch […]
Summary of Training III: Human Rights Online
Training III: Human Rights Online took place on January 23, 2020. Working group #1 was responsible for preparing a presentation on the topic. The case studies presented by the working group focused on misinformation and disinformation and human rights online. The first case study revolved around the Hong Kong protest. The case study pointed at […]
Shrinking Internet Freedom In Asia Pacific – Ananda Gautam
The Internet has evolved in such a way that since January 2018 more than one million people come online for the first time each day connecting 57% of the world’s population to the Internet.[1] With this massive growth of people being connected to the internet the surge in trends of internet shutdowns and demarcation of […]