Post on 02-Aug-2015
Back In Time - online censorship in Southeast Asia
@sayfun || +SaschaFunk || #censorrp15
@sayfun || +SaschaFunk || #censorrp15
//2015
//aaaaah
//ooooooooh
//uuuuuuh
//Myanmar
//Cambodia
//Malaysia
//Singapore
//Thailand
//Brunei Darussalam
//Vietnam
//Indonesia
//Philippines
//Laos
A S E A N
A S E A N
“ N O N - I N T E R F E R E N C E ”
A S E A N
“ N O N - I N T E R F E R E N C E ”
B R U N E I D A R U S S A L A M
BRUNE I
NOT FREE
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X1 2 1 / 1 8 0
BRUNE IY E SC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
Y E SI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
Y E SS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
N / AF R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
N O T F R E E
C A M B O D I A
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X1 3 9 / 1 8 0
NOT FREE
PH
P A R T L Y F R E E
Y E SC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
N OI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
N OS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
4 7F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
“ W R O N G / F A L S E I N F O R M A T I O N ” B Y “ I L L - W I L D E D P E O P L E ”
“ H I N D E R S T H E S O V E R E I G N T Y A N D I N T E G R I T Y O F T H E K I N G D O M O F C A M B O D I A . ”
“ G E N E R A T E S I N S E C U R I T Y , I N S T A B I L I T Y , A N D
P O L I T I C A L C O H E S I V E N E S S . ”
C R I M I N A L D E F A M A T I O N C H A R G E S
I N D O N E S I A
PH
PH
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X1 3 8 / 1 8 0PARTLY FREE
PH
P A R T L Y F R E E
Y E SC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
Y E SI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
N OS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
4 2F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
PH
B L O C K A N Y O N L I N E C O N T E N T G V T D E F I N E S A S “ N E G A T I V E , ” W I T H O U T O V E R S I G H T
C H A R G E S F I L E D U N D E R T H E D E F A M A T I O N C L A U S E I N E T L I N C R E A S E
$ 5 . 6 M I L L I O N O N S U R V E I L L A N C E E Q U I P M E N T F R O M U K - B A S E D S E C U R I T Y C O M P A N Y
L A O S
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X1 7 1 / 1 8 0
NOT FREE
Y E SC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
Y E SI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
Y E SS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
N / AF R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
N O T F R E E
M A L A Y S I A
NOT FREE
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X1 4 7 / 1 8 0
Y E SC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
Y E SI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
N OS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
4 2F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
P A R T L Y F R E E
M Y A N M A R
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X1 4 1 / 1 8 0
NOT FREE
N OC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
Y E SI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
N OS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
6 0F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
P A R T L Y F R E E
PH
PH
T H E P H I L I P P I N E S
PH
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X1 4 1 / 1 8 0PARTLY FREE
PH
F R E E
N OC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
N OI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
N OS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
2 7F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
V I E T N A M
NOT FREE
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X1 7 5 / 1 8 0
Y E SC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
Y E SI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
N OS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
7 6F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
N O T F R E E
S I N G A P O R E
1 5 3 / 1 8 0P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
NOT FREE
N OC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
Y E SI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
N OS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
4 0F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
P A R T L Y F R E E
L E E K U A N Y E W ( R . I . P. ) & S I N G A P O R E
V S .
A M O S Y E E ( 1 7 Y O )
A M O S Y E E ( 1 7 Y O )
A M O S Y E E ( 1 7 Y O )
A M O S Y E E ( 1 7 Y O )
“harassment”
“deliberate intention of wounding the religious or racial feelings of any person”
“distributing obscene material”
If convicted: Up to S$5,000 + 3 years imprisonment
“The Real Singapore”
“The Real Singapore”
“Sedition”
“Sedition”“could promote ill-will and hostility among the
different races in Singapore”
“Sedition”“could promote ill-will and hostility among the
different races in Singapore”
If convicted: S$5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of up to
three years - or both
T H A I L A N D
1 3 4 / 1 8 0
NOT FREE
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
Y E SC O N T E N T B L O C K E D
Y E SI C T U S E R S A R R E S T E D
Y E SS O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
6 2F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
N O T F R E E
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha
Article 44 Interim Constitution of Thailand
“for the sake of the reforms in any field, the promotion of love and harmony amongst the people in the nation, or the prevention, abatement or suppression of any act detrimental to national order or security, royal throne, national economy or public administration, whether the act occurs inside or outside the kingdom”
“lawful, constitutional and final”
http://bit.ly/CJRRP15
self censorship
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