Sinar Project is an initiative using #opensource technology, development and ideas to make Malaysian government #transparent and #accountable.
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Join us! We're looking for a Programme Officer to work on an enabling environment for civil society to address current and future challenges at the intersection of democracy, human rights and tech
sinarproject.org/opportuniti…
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Internet measurements are only as powerful as the reforms they bring pulse.internetsociety.org/bl…
#DRAPAC2025 @sinarproject @TheIOFoundation
Our research fellow - Melissa joins other experts in an article by the Straits Times, warning that current Malaysian laws are inadequate for AI-generated content, suggesting updates to existing laws and that clearer recourse for victims is needed. straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi…
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We are a week a way from DRAPAC25! Be sure to catch our workshops with our partners, @article19org and @sinarproject, happening through 26-29 August!
We promise you'll learn a lot.
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Since 2016, we have been working with @sinarproject on documenting internet censorship in Southeast Asia.🐙
Today, Sinar’s Internet Monitoring Action Project covers 10 countries and publishes yearly State of Internet Censorship reports for each of them.
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Launch of our iMAP 2024 Internet Censorship reports is now live online on Youtube youtube.com/watch?v=03R9pElZ…
iMAP 2024 Internet Censorship Report in 9 countries covering Cambodia, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam will be launched on 22 October 2024, UTC 0800. RSVP at imap.sinarproject.org/imap-2…
iMAP 2024 Internet Censorship Report in 9 countries covering Cambodia, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam will be launched on 22 October 2024, UTC 0800. RSVP at imap.sinarproject.org/imap-2…
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The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission's attempts to implement widespread DNS hijacking have raised serious concerns about #privacy, #censorship, and the future of Internet freedom in the country. pulse.internetsociety.org/bl…
⚠️Censorship Update: Malaysian ISPs Maxis and Time are implementing transparent DNS proxy on Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) and Google (8.8.8.8) public DNS servers, users are no longer able to use these alternative DNS servers to access websites blocked by MCMC imap.sinarproject.org/news/i…
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The recent use of DNS hijacking by Malaysian authorities to block certain content reveals a dangerous precedent for Internet regulation in Malaysia, writes @NumanAfifi of @sinarproject #censorship pulse.internetsociety.org/bl…
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Today, to commemorate #IDUAI2024, CIJ, @C4Center, @Article19Msia and @sinarproject urge the government to prioritise the development of a comprehensive robust RTI legislation and framework without delay!
Read our statement below!
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ALT JOINT STATEMENT Commemorating the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2024: Do Not Delay Our Right to Information Any Further READ THE FULL STATEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE. LINK IN BIO
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Let's take a moment to celebrate some key highlights from the 1st edition of the @databarometer!
In this video we shine the spotlight on some key knowledge products from our regional & thematic partners: @opengovpart @anticorruption @opencontracting @sinarproject @caribopeninst
⚠️Censorship Update: Website ArtStation.com, a prominent platform for showcasing games, film, media, and entertainment art has been found to be blocked in Malaysia using data measurements from @OpenObservatory
imap.sinarproject.org/resour…
To check quickly if a website is likely officially blocked in Malaysia, you can also quickly paste and submit a URL of a suspected blocked site on Blocked Or Not blockedornot.sinarproject.or…
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Happy to connect with Trinidad and Stephania, two Canadian interns on their adventure in Malaysia. They are learning and gaining invaluable experience working with Khairil Yusof, at Sinar Project. Wishing them all the best for their journey !🇲🇾🇨🇦
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Highlights from our session at recent @pyconmy sharing learning experiences in scraping SPRM (Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission) offenders database and analyzing the data extracted youtube.com/watch?v=uByOcllT…
Jupyter Notebook examples and data available on Github github.com/Sinar/sprm-data
⚠️Censorship Update: Malaysian ISPs Maxis and Time are implementing transparent DNS proxy on Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) and Google (8.8.8.8) public DNS servers, users are no longer able to use these alternative DNS servers to access websites blocked by MCMC imap.sinarproject.org/news/i…
To prevent DNS tampering, users may configure their Firefox and Chrome browsers to enable secure DNS setting for public servers from Google, Cloudflare or another provider.
Firefox: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb…
Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/an…
We invite volunteers to help collect data via the OONI Probe app: ooni.org/install/. Prior to testing, we encourage volunteers to configure their DNS to 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1.For further info, join our Telegram channel: t.me/netfreedomMsia
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✨ OONI Partner Gathering 2024 in Malaysia 😍
ooni.org/post/2024-ooni-part…
We are excited to share that we hosted a 2-day event that brought our partners from Asia & the Middle East together to exchange skills & knowledge on internet censorship research. ✊🐙
🧵Learn more 👇
