Digital innovation cuts both ways: repression rises, resistance responds

By Fiona Suwana, Researcher, University of South Australia and Course Designer, Queensland University of Technology
Wijayanto, Dosen Media dan Demokrasi, Departemen Politik dan Pemerintahan, Universitas Diponegoro

The advancement of digital media is a double-edged sword.

In South-East Asia, political scholar Aim Sinpeng has argued that digital media have emerged as a vital repertoire of activism. However, a cunning combination of political authoritarianism and increasing internet controls has put pressure on democratic society.

These contradicting digital forces are at work in Indonesia.

On one side, the internet has helped the public voice their criticisms of the government. But, on the other side,…

Read complete article

~	Fractured futures: Upward mobility for immigrants is a myth as their health declines

~	The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopias

~	Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students

~	Since Tesla recalled its vehicles in 2023, there have been 20 accidents and investigators are asking why

~	What is energy made of? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast

~	Students on social work, nursing and teaching placements to get weekly $319.50 means tested Prac Payment from July next year

~	Nigeria’s minimum wage has never protected workers from poverty: here’s why

~	African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them

~	Hong Kong ranks low on global press freedom index as watchdog cites ‘unprecedented’ setbacks

~	Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance