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Coconet is a platform for digital rights movement building in Southeast Asia.
From October 20-26, 2019, Coconet II will bring together 120 people from across Asia:
film-makers
researchers
journalists
human rights advocates
technologists
lawyers
academics
The camp will break down silos, catalyse regional networking and collaboration, develop skills, deepen relationships, spark campaigns, and bring new actors into the digital rights field.
Why we need digital rights movements
The Internet is the primary place for democratic discussion and dissent in Southeast Asia. Indonesia and the Philippines are among the most active social media users in the world, using such platforms to champion human rights, uncover corruption, and challenge inequality. But the online environment is increasingly full of dangers and disinformation, and is skewed towards the needs of governments and business, often at the expense of human rights and democratic freedoms.
Civic spaces in Southeast Asia are rapidly shrinking, as recent developments have made clear:
harassment and violence against journalists and bloggers
the rise of populist political leaders
military rule and militarization
the rise of religious fundamentalism
Southeast Asian governments are engaging in censorship, surveillance, and attacks on online freedom of expression, including filtering content, creation of disinformation, and the arrest and detention of journalists.
Artificial Intelligence fuelled technologies are rapidly emerging and pose a new set of challenges:
deep fakes
algorithmic bias
predictive policing
autonomous weaponry
Coconet II
At Coconet I, more than 100 journalists, human rights campaigners, women’s rights activists, digital security trainers, documentary filmmakers, writers, social media activists, and even artists came together to discuss many of these issues. Coconet I resulted in more than 30 post-camp collaborations. (Read more in the Coconet 2017 public report (PDF 6mb))