On the pilot episode of Pretty Good Podcast: Discussions on Digital Rights, EngageMedia chats with the Association for Progressive Communications executive director, Chat Garcia Ramilo, on the past, present, and future of digital rights in Asia-Pacific region. The pilot also tackles how the COVID-19 pandemic relates to digital rights and the importance of building and staying in touch with our communities to further the digital rights movement in the region.
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Relevant Links:
- Association for Progressive Communications
- “Closer than Ever“, an initiative by APC to keep our movements connected and inclusive
- “Digital Hygiene 101: How to practice digital safety and security” on Coconet.social, a platform dedicated to digital rights movement building
- Coconet, a series of Asia-Pacific digital rights camps
- “Digital Rights in Southeast Asia: Conceptual Framework and Movement Building“. In Y.H. Khoo & D. Simanjundtak (Eds.), Exploring the Nexus between Technologies and Human Rights: Opportunities and Challenges for Southeast Asia. Bangkok: SHAPE-SEA by Jun-e Tan
- “Digital rights are human rights“, as defined by the Internet Freedom Festival in its ten guiding principles
- The United Nations Human Rights Commission’s Session 38, where “the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet” was included as part of human rights (38/7)
