My talk from re:publica '15 conference on (Online) Censorship in Southeast Asia.

1. Back In Time -
online censorship
in Southeast Asia

2. @sayfun || +SaschaFunk || #censorrp15

3. @sayfun || +SaschaFunk || #censorrp15

4. //2015

5. //aaaaah

6. //ooooooooh

7. //uuuuuuh

8. //Myanmar
//Cambodia

9. //Malaysia
//Singapore

10. //Thailand
//Brunei Darussalam

11. //Vietnam
//Indonesia

12. //Philippines
//Laos

13. A S E A N

16. A S E A N
“ N O N - I N T E R F E R E N C E ”

17. A S E A N
“ N O N - I N T E R F E R E N C E ”

19. B R U N E I DA R U S S A L A M

20. B R U N E I
NOT FREE
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
1 2 1 / 1 8 0

21. B R U N E I
Y E S
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
Y E S
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
Y E S
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
N / A
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
N O T
F R E E

23. C A M B O D I A

24. P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
1 3 9 / 1 8 0
NOT FREE

25. P H
PA R T LY
F R E E
Y E S
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
N O
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
N O
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
4 7
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T

26. “ W R O N G / FA L S E I N F O R M AT 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 AT E S I N S E C U R I T Y, I N S TA 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 FA M AT I O N C H A R G E S

28. I N D O N E S I A

29. P H

30. P H
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
1 3 8 / 1 8 0
PARTLY FREE

31. P H
PA R T LY
F R E E
Y E S
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
Y E S
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
N O
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
4 2
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T

32. P H
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 AT 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 FA M AT 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 PA N Y

34. L A O S

35. P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
1 7 1 / 1 8 0
NOT FREE

36. Y E S
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
Y E S
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
Y E S
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
N / A
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
N O T
F R E E

38. M A L AY S I A

39. NOT FREE
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
1 4 7 / 1 8 0

40. Y E S
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
Y E S
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
N O
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
4 2
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
PA R T LY
F R E E

42. M YA N M A R

43. P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
1 4 1 / 1 8 0
NOT FREE

44. N O
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
Y E S
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
N O
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
6 0
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
PA R T LY
F R E E

45. P H

46. P H
T H E P H I L I P P I N E S

47. P H
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
1 4 1 / 1 8 0
PARTLY FREE

48. P H
F R E E
N O
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
N O
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
N O
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
2 7
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T

50. V I E T N A M

51. NOT FREE
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
1 7 5 / 1 8 0

52. Y E S
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
Y E S
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
N O
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
7 6
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
N O T
F R E E

54. S I N G A P O R E

55. 1 5 3 / 1 8 0
P R E S S F R E E D O M I N D E X
NOT FREE

56. N O
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
Y E S
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
N O
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
4 0
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
PA R T LY
F R E E

58. L E E K U A N Y E W ( R . I . P. )
& S I N G A P O R E
V S .

60. A M O S Y E E ( 1 7 YO )

61. A M O S Y E E ( 1 7 YO )

62. A M O S Y E E ( 1 7 YO )

63. A M O S Y E E ( 1 7 YO )

64. “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

65. “The Real Singapore”

66. “The Real Singapore”

68. “Sedition”

69. “Sedition”
“could promote ill-will and hostility among the
different races in Singapore”

70. “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

72. T H A I L A N D

73. 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

74. Y E S
C O N T E N T
B L O C K E D
Y E S
I C T U S E R S
A R R E S T E D
Y E S
S O C I A L M E D I A
B L O C K E D
6 2
F R E E D O M
O N T H E N E T
N O T
F R E E

76. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha

78. Article 44
Interim Constitution of Thailand

80. “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”

82. “lawful, constitutional and final”

97. http://bit.ly/CJRRP15

99. self censorship

103. Sascha Funk
linkedin.com/in/SaschaFunk
@sayfun
+SaschaFunk
slides: sayfun.me/rp15