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In an era marked by unprecedented environmental challenges, activism has emerged as a driving force for change and two significant movements have played very crucial roles within the last years: the Fridays for Future Movement and the Last Generation Activism.
Nowadays, news and information are no longer generated solely through traditional news sources such as radio, television or the newspaper, but increasingly via the Internet. By the emergence of social media platforms, we can consume news first-hand, without gatekeepers, meaning well trained journalists, and without paying for it.
As digital technologies become increasingly pervasive, the authoritarian governments of the region face the danger of descending into totalitarianism as they pursue absolute security. This situation is exacerbated by political structures that prioritize regime security over individual privacy.
Despite not being allowed to, Afghan women have been speaking out against the regime and its restrictions from day one. In the past two years, they organized street protests, started underground and online schools, and set up networks to support each other…
#Listen to this post The recent mobilization of climate activists across the world for the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels marked a historic moment, reuniting climate activists and renewing the global movement for climate justice. Held in September, in advance of the UN General Assembly in New York, it …
Technology has revolutionized the way we communicate with each other. We are increasingly moving away from face-to-face interactions, engaging in regular exchanges through social media platforms. It is highly likely that you, too, are using social media platforms and have more than one account within digital networks. But what exactly …
In an era where governments worldwide are becoming increasingly hostile towards climate activists, digital platforms emerge as critical spaces for climate activists to champion the climate crisis. While digital platforms provide a number of opportunities to raise awareness, support organization and protest within the broader social movements, they also pose unique challenges for climate activists.
Since 2013, Mother Nature Cambodia has systematically and relentlessly exposed environmental damages caused by economic projects and the sellout of natural resources, often linked to the highest level of the Cambodian government. Through viral campaigns on Facebook, the organization galvanized and educated a broad base of young supporters. Mother Nature Cambodia’s investigative activism made the organization a target of intimidation, surveillance and persecution by the Cambodian regime.
African governments are good students of history as they still recall and do not underplay the role of online media in empowering the masses. They still remember how online conversations mobilised large parts of the population in Tunisia. Today, African governments have resorted to digital suppression to silence their nationals in times of protests and civil resistance.
Today, Myanmar ranks second after China in the list of the most repressive countries concerning internet freedom. But the digital development that already took place cannot be reversed, just like the drive, anger and creativity of a young generation deprived of freedom and aspirations cannot be broken.
