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EngageMedia is excited to announce the third edition of the Digital Rights Asia Pacific Assembly! Join us this August in Kuala Lumpur as we continue fostering resilience and solidarity within the digital rights community.
EngageMedia joins a collective of organizations condemning ongoing communication blackouts in Myanmar that block critical help for those affected by the devastating earthquake.
EngageMedia is seeking qualified research associates from Malaysia, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to contribute to a comparative analysis of environmental information control regimes in Asia-Pacific.
At RIghtsCon 2025, EngageMedia will be part of an online discussion analysing how Myanmar's cyber law affects civil society, the private sector, and Myanmar’s overall cyber stability.
Arrests of dissenters, surveillance, and mobile and internet shutdowns – which the junta continues to use as a tactical weapon – were among the digital repression incidents reported in Myanmar four years since the coup.

Tech Tales Youth 2 builds on the success of Tech Tales: Films about Digital Rights in the Asia-Pacific and Tech Tales Youth Philippines and Thailand, two film collections featuring 15 short films that highlight human rights

Authoritarian governments and anti-democratic actors are increasingly using sophisticated surveillance programs, restrictive laws, and emerging technologies to curtail human rights and constrain civic spaces. Laws that restrict rights to freedom of expression, assembly,

The event facilitated a discussion on the challenges faced by fact-checkers, the dynamics of misinformation and the complexities behind it through the lens of political economy.