The Asia Pacific is the most dynamic digital landscape in the world, home to the fastest adopters of new technologies and the largest concentration of mobile and social media users. An escalation in online activism, changing cyber dynamics, developments in digital diplomacy and the exploitation of big data are shaping the region's engagement with the world.
- The Brexit 'divorce drama' and Lady Gaga's Facebook Live chat with the Dalai Lama captivated Chinese netizens in June.
- Despite signing new cyber agreements, China and Russia may not be as close as you think.
- The New Yorker on Pakistan's troll problem.
- One of President Xi Jinping's rumoured trusted associates has been promoted to China's Cyber Chief.
- A new feature in WeChat allows users to check whether online rumours are true or false.
- Mobile apps are taking over India with 7.7 billion app downloads in 2016.
- Chinese internet censors have turned to polite letter writing in their attempts to regulate the internet outside their borders.
- New research uses social media analysis to assess human trafficking messaging in Indonesia.
- Academics have called for China to relax cyber supervision of academic websites including Google Scholar.
- I argue it's time for Australia to invest in understanding how digital technologies are shaping our relations with Asia.
- This blog post argues India should be focusing on information sovereignty not cybersecurity.
- As of 1 August new regulations in China governing Internet search services and mobile apps will come into effect.
- The Sinica podcast looks at how China's cyber perspective differs from America.
- Thanks to big data, tourists in Japan may soon be able to shop wallet-free by purchasing goods and services using only their fingerprints.