October 14, Asia Meetup
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Date: October 14
Time: Delhi 13:30 (UTC+5:30) / Taipei-Kuala Lumpur 16:00 (UTC+8) / Tokyo 17:00 (UTC+9) / NYC 4am (EST)
Who: Facilitated by Lulu
Where: The Meetjitsi link will be shared in the following rooms on the IFF Mattermost one or two hours before the start of the meeting: Southeast Asia, Central Asia and East Asia.
- Don't have an account to the IFF Mattermost? you can request one following the directions here.
Who was here? We had 11 people joining the meetup!
Topic 1 "Pandemic Surveillance"
- what are the contact tracing methods
- is your government expanding this contract tracing into everyday surveillance?
- How about domestic/intimate surveillance, facilitated by cheap CCTV, seems to have increased and normalised too during the pandemic (neighbours surveillance, etc)?
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- China
- Hong Kong
Topic 2 "Incident in Thailand & Indonesia"
- We will have friends from Thailand & Indonesia to give a brief updates on what's happening in the countries.
- Briefer for Indonesia: https://engagemedia.org/2020/indonesia-omnibus-law/ (hashtags, fundraising drives in there)
- Briefer for Thailand: https://engagemedia.org/2020/thailand-youth-democracy-freedom-speech/ (a bit dated from last month, but many are still relevant)
- discuss about possible support the community in Asia, esp SEA can provide.
