Archives: censorship

Thursday, November 22, 2018

[Publication] Disciplining Dissent: Freedom, Control, and Digital Activism in Southeast Asia

Professor Merlyna Lim has just published a piece titled "Disciplining Dissent: Freedom, Control, and Digital Activism in Southeast Asia" [PDF]. Urbanized parts of Southeast Asia have been places with the most vibrant digital activism for the past two decades. And, yet, the region has been marginalized from "global accounts” of the role of... More

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Lim’s interview with De Standaard: “The underlying problem is not fake news, but fake democracy”

In their April 7th edition, De Standaard, a Flemish daily newspaper in Belgium,  publishes an article titled In Azië heet perscensuur ‘strijd tegen fake news’ (meaning In Asia, press censorship is disguised as 'the battle against fake news) which includes a special interview with ALiGN director Merlyna Lim. The article itself is in Dutch (a... More

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