Category Archives: South-East Asia

The Rohingya and the Viral Ummah

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Sarah Logan

Showing a Rohingya man in front of his burning village, the picture at left and hundreds like it have been shared by millions across social media, blogs and discussion forums as part of a surge of global protests responding to … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media, South-East Asia, The Internet in Global Conflict | 2 Comments

Repost: Twitter and Corporate Politics

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Sarah Logan

This is a repost of a piece I wrote for the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific, published initially here. It is a bit more journalistic than Circuit’s usual style, but may be of interest. Next month, … Continue reading →

Posted in Censorship, South-East Asia | 2 Comments

Book Review: Access Contested: Security, Identity and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Sarah Logan

We have one copy of this excellent book to give away – just scroll down and leave a comment to enter the draw! Last week Thailand became the first country in the world to endorse Twitter’s new censorship policy. Despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Censorship, Internet Governance, Social Media, South-East Asia | 16 Comments

Singapore online: speaking up and acting out?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Sarah Logan

This post is co-authored with Natasha Cowan of Flinders University Organised via Facebook, the recent Occupy Singapore protest failed to attract any actual protestors, leaving foreign journalists disconsolate in their search for evidence of Singapore’s newly thriving political sphere. More … Continue reading →

Posted in Censorship, Social Media, South-East Asia | 3 Comments