Digital Rights And Internet Freedom

We recommend that ASEAN member states:

1. Repeal laws enabling arbitrary censorship and criminalisation of online expression. Guarantee freedom of expression following normative human rights standards.

2. Ban the use of spyware and invasive tracking and surveillance technologies, strengthen legal frameworks for data protection and privacy, and ensure transparent data collection practices.

3. Bridge the digital divide by mandating universal Internet access, ensuring affordable and reliable connectivity, and promoting digital literacy.

4. Reform laws regulating online platforms to ensure transparency, accountability, and equitable governance of digital spaces through multi-stakeholder oversight mechanisms.

5. Prevent and mitigate targeted online harassment, intimidation, violence, and cyberattacks against journalists, activists, and human rights defenders.

Thematic Group Organisations

1. Justice for Sisters

2. Sinar Project

3. INITIATE.MY

4. Himpunan Advokasi Rakyat Malaysia

5. Amnesty International Malaysia

6. KRYSS Network

7. EngageMedia

8. Foundation for Internet and Civic Culture (Thai Netizen Network)

9. Myanmar Internet Project

10. Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM)

11. Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet)

12. Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), Philippines

13. Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI), Indonesia

14. Vietnam Rise (Vietnam)

15. ICT Watch, Indonesia

16. Computer Professionals' Union (CPU), Philippines

17. Philippine Digital Justice Network (PDJN),Philippines

18. Sisters United Sarawak