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'''Date:''' Wednesday, March 24th

'''Time:''' Delhi 13:30 (UTC+5:30) / Taipei-Kuala Lumpur 16:00 (UTC+8) / Tokyo 17:00 (UTC+9) / NYC 4am (EST)

'''Who:''' Facilitated by Don, Lulu, Kaia, Nica

'''Where:''' The Meetjitsi link will be shared in the following rooms on the IFF Mattermost one or two hours before the start of the meeting: Southeast Asia, Central Asia and East Asia. 
* Don't have an account to the IFF Mattermost? [[IFF_Mattermost|you can request one following the directions here.]]

'''Agenda:'''
TBA

== Notes ==

=== Topic: In conversation with [https://digitalreach.asia/ Digital Reach] ===
'''An introduction to Digital Reach'''
* Founded in 2019
* Three issues: FoE, right to privacy, digital security
* Approach: monitoring and research, advocacy, community building
'''Current and past work'''
* Launched a project on Digital Contact Tracing, explored six countries in SEAsia looking into the development of the apps and how has threatened the right to privacy: TH, MY, SG, PH
* Launched an annual report in Feb on digital rights in SEAsia, hope to do it on an annual basis. Aim to be a foundation on the overall situation then use it as an advocacy tool
* Misinformation workshop
* Possible report that Myanmar will implement a China-style firewall and circumvention
* Upcoming plan: hope to issue briefing for circulation
* Expanding OONI measurements in Cambodia, challenge of small digital rights community in Cambodia
'''Challenges and opportunities'''
* Cambodia: capacity. Discussions to combine resources and expertise for collective collaboration.
* Community in SEAsia hasn't adapted well with emerging technology, knowledge gap
* Local civil society working on digital rights programs need more resources incl digital security
* Challenge in engaging with ASEAN and AICHR mechanisms
* Digital safety: give specific scenario, workshop it, non-tech discussions are important
* Opportunities for collaboration: intention to expand the organisation and generate more activities, prioritise working with local communities
=== Community Updates ===
* Looking at overall needs of frontline activists, community groups
* Gap of understanding between needs and resources
* Bottom up approach
* Cut down public wifi networks, mobile data almost cut completely across the country, stable landline complete, Thai sim cards targetted by network telcos
* Need for more capacity and trainers than resources
* [https://citizenlab.ca/2021/03/tiktok-vs-douyin-security-privacy-analysis Report on researching security and privacy on TikTok released]: key findings that there isn't overt security or privacy issues with TikTok. Bad news: still collects tonnes of data and personal use patterns.