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Mabuhay! The DRAPAC Assembly is coming to Manila in June 2026

Mark your calendars: The 2026 Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC) will hold its fourth edition from June 8 to 10, 2026 in Manila, Philippines! The DRAPAC26 Assembly expounds on the previous year’s theme of collective digital futures and recenters its focus towards the movement’s co-creation of collective resources.

Posts About the Philippines

PGP Youth: Weathering Shared Challenges to Freedom of Association
  • Jen Tarnate
  • 28/04/2025
Young advocates from Taiwan and the Philippines share how they're building solidarity across borders to defend civic space and empower the next generation.
Cinemata exclusively hosts the 6th Likhang Mulat: FEU Film Movements Festival, showcasing human rights films
  • Jen Tarnate
  • 11/12/2024
From December 13 to 22, Cinemata will stream 15 Philippine short films from the 6th Likhang Mulat: Film Movements Festival, commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
De-makinang Panlilinlang: Ang Dalang Panganib ng AI Disinformation sa Social Media sa Pilipinas
  • Guest Writer
  • 18/12/2023
Ang Pilipinas ay madalas na tinatawag na 'patient zero' para sa disinformation, at ang AI-generated na content ay maaaring gawing mas mahirap ang paglaban sa mga maling claim.
Machine-made Deception: Dangers of AI-Powered Disinformation in Philippine Social Media
  • Guest Writer
  • 18/12/2023
The Philippines is often dubbed 'patient zero' for disinformation, and AI-generated content may just make the fight against false claims much harder.
Online Classes amid the Pandemic: A Challenge for Filipino Students and Digital Rights
  • Guest Writer
  • 27/11/2023
In this article, a Filipino student shares about the struggle of adapting to online learning during the pandemic amid socioeconomic challenges and high barriers to access to technology.
Paghubog sa Online Ecosystem: Papel ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Pagpuksa sa Online Gender-based Violence
  • Guest Writer
  • 21/11/2023
May mahalagang papel ang mga kabataang Pilipino sa pagpuna sa mga nakakasakit na pahayag at viral trend na nagsusulong ng online na karahasan na nakabatay sa kasarian (online gender-based violence).
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Current Projects Involving the Philippines

Youth Advocacy and Communications for Internet Freedom project
Youth Communications and Advocacy for Internet Freedom
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 12/09/2023
The Youth Communications and Advocacy for Internet Freedom project aims to expand awareness and engagement with digital rights issues, particularly among youth sectors, and develop a stronger digital rights field through effective knowledge sharing, outreach, and engagement.
Tech Tales Youth
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 24/03/2023
Tech Tales Youth aims to support a new group of young filmmakers and visual storytellers in the Philippines and Thailand to produce short films about human rights in the digital age.
iMAP: Internet Monitoring Action Project
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 15/03/2022
The Internet Monitoring Program (iMAP) is a three-year collaboration among civil society organisations in the Asia-Pacific advocating for freedom of expression on the internet.
Localization: Digital Security Support for Civil Society
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 11/03/2022
EngageMedia's localisation project aims to enhance the effectiveness of digital security initiatives in Southeast Asia by providing and promoting resources tailored to cultural and linguistic contexts. This initiative focuses on five target languages: Burmese, Filipino, Indonesian, Khmer, and Thai.
Impact Talks: Exploring How Films Create Impact
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 03/11/2021
How can filmmakers and video producers ensure that they can maximise their works’ potential to create impact? To answer this, EngageMedia and In-Docs have partnered together to host the Impact Talks, a series of public meetings to share and discuss experiences and ideas around creating impact through film in the Asia-Pacific.
Tech Tales: Films about Digital Rights in the Asia-Pacific
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 23/09/2021
Despite various digital rights violations in the Asia-Pacific, there are not enough films that document these issues in the region. Through "Tech Tales: Films about digital rights in the Asia-Pacific", EngageMedia will help produce eight to ten films about digital rights in the region.
Greater Internet Freedom Program
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 29/04/2021
EngageMedia is the South and Southeast Asia regional partner of the global Internet Freedom Consortium, a three-year initiative by Internews that aims to enhance digital security for civil society and media organisations, engage citizens in internet governance debates, and advance human rights online.
Initiative for Media Freedom
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 15/04/2021
EngageMedia is a consortium partner of the Initiative for Media Freedom in the Philippines, a five-year program led by Internews that aims to support an independent and free press in order to counter disinformation, promote political inclusion, and enhance democratic governance in the country.
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Digital Safety in the Asia-Pacific
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 11/09/2020
EngageMedia has and continues to be involved in various projects on digital security in the Asia-Pacific. In these initiatives, there is a strong emphasis on the use of and training on free and open-source software.

Previous Projects Involving the Philippines

Report: AI Governance in Southeast Asia
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 10/12/2021
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is growing in Southeast Asia. In partnership with researcher Dr Jun-E Tan, EngageMedia has produced research that aims to provide an understanding of AI and its governance from the perspective of civil society in Southeast Asia.
Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights in Southeast Asia
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 03/09/2020
How does artificial intelligence (AI) affect Southeast Asia? By exploring its uses and implications to regional human rights movements, we aim to increase civil society's awareness on the topic and understand how AI can be incorporated into digital rights advocates' lines of work.
Are Journalists Safe in Indonesia? Apakah Profesi Wartawan Aman di Indonesia?
Journalist security research
  • EngageMedia Editorial
  • 10/06/2020
EngageMedia has conducted research for the Citizen Lab Cyber Stewards Network to understand how journalists themselves define the concept of ‘security’, what constitute practices of ‘security’, and what they do to learn about and practice ‘secure’ behaviours.
Coconet 2019 Group
Coconet: Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Network and Platform
  • Yerry Borang
  • 10/06/2020
Coconet is a network and platform for digital rights movement-building in the Asia-Pacific. Its online hub is Coconet.social, where partners and members of the Coconet community produce and publish regional content on digital rights awareness, advocacy, and activism.
Rightscon Southeast Asia
  • Rezwan Islam
  • 10/06/2020
RightsCon Southeast Asia brought together civil society, engineers, activists, lawyers, companies, and governments on the subject of the internet and human rights in Manila in March 2015.

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