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What key human rights and tech concerns do activists in East Asia have?

"The current data protection act is not enough to protect human rights. It's outdated and vague."

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A promotional digital graphic with a blue background. The text reads, "LISTEN TO THE LOCAL SOUND BITES" in bold white capital letters. A QR code is placed to the right of the text. Below, in smaller orange font, it says, "Learning from activists in East Asia." At the bottom, there is a colorful soundwave graphic composed of vertical bars in various shades of blue, orange, red, and yellow.

What key human rights and tech concerns do activists in East Asia have?

"Digital authoritarianism and surveillance capitalism are the main issues. Governments and corporations are eroding personal autonomy."

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A promotional digital graphic with a blue background. The text reads, "LISTEN TO THE LOCAL SOUND BITES" in bold white capital letters. A QR code is placed to the right of the text. Below, in smaller orange font, it says, "Learning from activists in East Asia." At the bottom, there is a colorful soundwave graphic composed of vertical bars in various shades of blue, orange, red, and yellow.

What key human rights and tech concerns do activists in East Asia have?

"The most pressing issue is authoritarian influence as a whole."

"Communication and team work is what gives me hope."

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Listen to Local Sound Bites @RightsCon 2025 In this special series of Local Sound Bites at RightsCon 2025, we are talking to activists and digital rights defenders on the ground in Taipei about their work at the intersection of human rights and...

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Episode 2: Local Sound Bites at RightsCon 2025 In this episode we interviewed Rosa and Chia-Shoo from Open Culture Foundation, an APC member based in Taiwan. OCF promotes open technology and cross-field collaboration through co-creation and pro...

What key human rights and tech concerns do activists in East Asia have?

"Privacy still falls under the radar in Taiwan. Our personal data protection law hasn't been meaningfully updated for over a decade." (Open Culture Foundation)

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Episode 1: Local Sound Bites at RightsCon 2025 In our first episode, we talked to Mallie 謝莉君, Operative Director at FLAME, a Taiwan-based organisation whose mission is to question the knowledge production, development, and application of techno...

"We have many cases of tech-facilitated gender-based violence in Taiwan. Since 2021, the government started investing resources in this area, after pressure from civil society."

(APC member Feminist Leadership and Mobilization on the Edge - FLAME)

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A promotional digital graphic with a blue background. The text reads, "LISTEN TO THE LOCAL SOUND BITES" in bold white capital letters. A QR code is placed to the right of the text. Below, in smaller orange font, it says, "Learning from activists in East Asia." At the bottom, there is a colorful soundwave graphic composed of vertical bars in various shades of blue, orange, red, and yellow.

What key human rights and tech concerns do local activists in East Asia have? Hear their voices in our #LocalSoundBites from Taipei.

In our first episode, we talked to Mallie 謝莉君, from Taiwan-based organisation FLAME.

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