GIGA Event

Launch of Anti-Fake News Lawfare Tracker

Datum

27.01.2025

Beginn

10:00 Uhr (MEZ)

Ende

11:00 Uhr (MEZ)

Fake News Lawfare

  • Fake news laws have been weaponised by illiberal/autocratic governments in South and Southeast Asia to target critics and opponents, curb civil liberties, and control the flow and content of information. The Anti-Fake News Lawfare (AFNL) Tracker documents the patterns and trends of such lawfare against journalists, activists, and academics in six representative country cases from South and Southeast Asia – Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand – as well as their countermeasures. The Tracker is based on data-driven research by and field insights of the co-principal investigators of the AFNL Project, GIGA researchers Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra, and PD Dr. Andreas Ufen, supported by their local partners Digitally Right Limited, Bangladesh; The Confluence Media, India; SAFEnet, Indonesia; Vera Files, the Philippines; The Penang Institute, Malaysia, and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. The launch event will introduce the audience to the tracker, with the experts detailing how it can help researchers, policymakers, and civic actors counter digital authoritarianism and ensure government and platform accountability.

    Speakers: Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra is a Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies.

    Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri is a Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies.

    PD Dr. Andreas Ufen is a Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies.

    Discussants: Nenden Sekar Arum is Executive Director at SAFEnet, Indonesia.

    Akarachai Chaimaneekarakate is a Human Rights Lawyer at Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, Thailand.

    Anisa Draboo is a Founding Member and Chief Strategy and Impact Officer atz The Confluence Media, India.


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    Online Event

    Sprache

    Englisch

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    Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024

    Strengthening Civil Society Against the Weaponization of Anti-Fake News Laws: A Comparison of Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Thailand

    In an age of proliferating disinformation, governments in South and Southeast Asia have come out with anti-fake news laws. However, the “weaponization" of such laws can lead governments to control online platforms and censor critics. Our project examines the patterns and processes of the weaponization of such laws against civic actors and countermeasures by the latter. We aim for academic and policy outcomes to improve disinformation regulation while safeguarding digital rights.
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