"Keep Calm and Code Your Rights" - Media and Information Literacy as a capacity to realise self-determination in the Digital Era
presented at Seminar on Media and Information Literacy in the Digital Era
26 November 2015, Century Hotel Bangkok
organised by Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission
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Media and Information Literacy - A Thai Netizen perspective
1. MEDIA AND INFORMATION
LITERACY AS A CAPACITY TO
REALISE SELF-DETERMINATION
IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Arthit Suriyawongkul
arthit@thainetizen.org
Seminar on Media and Information Literacy
in the Digital Era. 26 Nov 2015. Bangkok
4. PUT MIL IN CIVIC CONTEXT
To realise
SELF-DETERMINATION
the process by which a person
controls their own life
Control what they want to BE
Self-realisation, Identity
formation, Social
participation
Control how they want to LIVE
Being able to shape
environment in a way that
they comfortable with
Think POWER and CONTROL
5. POWER
Information is power.
People with information on a particular thing can have better
control over that thing.
People with your information can have better control over
you.
If you want to control your own life in this digital era, you
have to be able to control your information.
Information about yourself (personal data)
Information that runs the tools you use (software code)
6. SHIFTING POWER-RELATIONS
Pre-Digital Digital
Infrastructure providers State Companies
Contract Social contract Terms of services
National regulatory
frameworks
Bill of Rights, Constitution Trade and consumer laws
Intl regulatory
frameworks
ICCPR, UN mechanisms Intl trade agreements
Intent expression Voting Buying
(or selling out yourself*)
Population records by Census
(every 5-10 years)
Sensor
(Real-time)
Population activities
space
Within Nation-State border Cross-border
Types of space Public and Private Almost All Private
Relationship Citizens Consumers
(or products*)
7. WHAT THESE NEW POWER-RELATIONS MEAN?
We live more and more in private spaces, owned by
(multinational) companies.
Our activities, and the data about them, go more across borders.
International trade agreements are no longer only about trade,
theyre more and more about harmonisation of di鍖erent other
laws, including civil and criminal laws. They can also override
local laws.
To protect our civil rights, we need to deal with these trade
laws and agreements too.
Consumer rights is the new civil rights.
In response to this, civic education, and also media and
information literacy, should adapt itself.
8. POINTS OF CONTROL AND NEW CHALLENGES IN DIGITAL ERA
Data
Network
Computation
Net neutrality
(which activities are
prioritised?)
Infrastructure ownership (who
can get connected?)
Sensory citizenship
(whose votes got
counted?)
Big Data
(Volume, Variety,
Velocity)
LinkabilityIdentity
(do you exist?)
Citizen
science
Metadata
Transparency
(who audit the code/
coders?)
Precrime
(Predictive crime control,
systemic prejudgement,
algorithmic bias)
Anonymity
Peer-to-peer
network
Cloud
storage
Cloud
computing
go across nation-
state bordersConsumer rights
as Civil rights
Media
convergence
Behavior
Re-identi鍖cation
9. For a citizen in this Digital Era, to
achieve self-determination, an ability
to understand, secure, and make use of
data, computation (code), and
network for his or her own interest
(and preventing others to use against)
is essential.
10. LOSING CONTROL
The Feudal Internet
Convenient cloud services (we
trust that the Lord will protect us)
Control over ones own data
(=life).
Stricter intellectual property regime
Control over ones use of tools
Should innovation need a
permission?
New Digital Divide: Data-driven
discrimination
Surveillance (Communication - Street
level - Smart City)
Cross-border data 鍖ow
Anything can be a hate speech
11. WHAT LITERACY IS FOR? IF
You know how to grow a seed.
But patent law (legal code) doesnt allow you to; or
the gene (biological code) of the seed is already modi鍖ed to
prohibit that.
You know how to 鍖x or tweak your own computer.
But the copyright law doesnt allow you.
You know how to remix media and cultural information to
express yourself.
But people who disagree with you use vague defamation or
copyright law to take your content down.
12. MIL should make people able to
have control over their own personal
information;
code the information system in a way
best suited for them; and if necessary,
code the related legal system that
they are governed under.
13. MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY + ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
Self Beyond-Self
Individual/
social skills
Performance (identities),
Transmedia navigation, Self-
defense (security/privacy),
Language and culture
[~READ]
Appropriation, Coding,
Hacking, Tinkering
[~WRITE]
Enabling
rights/
environment
Freedom to information,
Freedom of expression, Data
protection, Media ownership
Creative Commons, Free
software licenses, Open data,
Open Access journals, Open
collaboration tools, Trusted
environment
MIL
is here
15. NIGHT SCHOOL 犢犖犖犢犖犖朽権犖犖(犖)犖犖犢犖
In collaboration with The
Reading Room art library in
Silom 19
Talk+workshop series on digital
culture and contemporary issues
with focus on free expression,
social movements, intellectual
property rights, and new media arts
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犖犖園犖犖 犖犖劇犖犢犖犖÷ 犢犖ム鍵犖犖犖о犖犖迦牽犖犖迦犖犖園犖犖
16. THURSDIY 犖犖む見犖園
Workshops on digital skills, with
focus on creations of open
content and protection of privacy
Past workshops: Mapping with
OpenStreetMap, Writing
Wikipedia, Video caption with
Amara, Safe online practices
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OpenStreetMap, 犢犖犖朽権犖犖о鹸犖犖巌犖朽犖犖朽権, 犖犖
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犖犖巌犢犖犖犖犢犢犖犢犖犖犖∇犖迦犖犖ム賢犖犖犖園権
17. CITIZEN MEDIA HANDBOOK 犖犖項犖÷厳犖犖犖劇犖犖犖ム犖÷厳犖犖
Content: Language and
communication techniques for
citizen media, media ethics,
basic legal advices, case
studies from other countries,
tools to circumvent censorship
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犖犖ム犖÷厳犖犖, 犢犖犖犖犖巌犖犖迦牽犢犖犖∇犖犖犢,
犖犖犖巌権犖犖犖犖÷犖犖犖犖劇犖犖犖ム犖÷厳犖犖, 犖犢犖
犢犖犖萎犖橿犢犖迦犖犖犖犖÷顕犖, 犖犖犖犖朽絹犖謹犖犖
犖犖迦犖犢犖迦犖犖犖萎犖犖, 犢犖犖犖劇犖犖犖÷厳犖犖犖橿見犖犖園
犢犖犢犖迦犖謹犖犢犖犖÷弦犖ム犖朽犖犖項犖犖巌犖犖園犖
18. NETIZEN HANDBOOK 犖犖項犖÷厳犖犖犖ム犖÷厳犖犖犢犖犢犖
Content: How internet works,
Using internet safely, Social
media and privacy, Cybercrime
and intellectual property laws,
Privacy rights for consumers
犢犖犖劇犖犖犖: 犖犖巌犢犖犖犖犢犢犖犢犖犖犖橿犖迦
犖犖∇犖迦犢犖, 犖犖迦牽犢犖犢犖犖巌犢犖犖犖犢犢犖犢犖犢犖犢
犖犖ム賢犖犖犖園権, 犖犖о顕犖÷犖犢犖犖犢犖о犖犖園硯犖犖園犖犖劇犖
犖犖園犖犖, 犖犖о顕犖÷牽犖項犢犖犖劇犖犖犖犢犖犢犖犖朽犖∇硯犖犖園
犖犖犖犖÷顕犖∇犖犖÷犖巌硯犢犖犖犖犢犢犖ム鍵
犖犖犖園犖∇犖犖巌犖犖迦犖犖園犖犖, 犖犖巌犖犖巌犖
犖犖о顕犖÷犖犢犖犖犢犖о犖犖園硯犖犖朽犖犖項犖犖犖巌犖犖犖犖о牽犖犖項
19. NETIZEN REPORT 犖犖迦権犖犖迦犖犖ム犖÷厳犖犖犢犖犢犖
Annual report on Internet
freedom and information
rights in Thailand. Civil and
political rights situation
online, government policy on
the internet, and interesting
online phenomena, including
(political) cyberbullying.
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犖犖犖迦犖犖迦牽犖犢犖犖巌犖犖巌犖犖犖朽犖迦犖犢犖迦犖犢犖犖÷弦犖
犖犢犖迦硯犖犖迦牽 犖犢犖∇犖迦権犖犖犖犖犖迦犖犖園犖犢犖
犖犖巌犢犖犖犖犢犢犖犢犖 犢犖ム鍵犖犖犖迦犖蹩犖迦牽犖犢
犖犖橿犖園犖犖迦犖о険犖犖犖犖犖犖÷賢犖犖犢犖ム犢 犢犖犢犖
犖犖迦牽犖犖ム険犢犖犢犖犖ム犖犖犖犖犢犖ム犢
20. RATING PRIVACY 犖犖橿牽犖о犖犖迦牽犖犖伍犖÷犖犖犖犖犖о顕犖÷犖犢犖犖犢犖о犖犖園硯
Evaluating security measures and
privacy policies of Thai online
service providers (in collaboration with
Privacy International)
Users more informed about the
service their use and encourage
providers to improve their
services
犖犖橿牽犖о犖÷顕犖犖犖犖迦牽犖犖園犖犖迦犖о顕犖÷犖ム賢犖犖犖園権
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International)
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犖犖伍犖÷犖犖犖犖犖朽犖犖 犢犖犖劇犖犖犖迦牽犖犖園犖犖巌犢犖犢犖犢
犖犖犖巌犖迦牽
21. NETIZEN SCHOOL 犢犖犖犢犖犖朽権犖犖犖ム犖÷厳犖犖犢犖犢犖
Internet governance crash course for youth
to make them able to participate in
internet policy discussion as an active
online citizen
Content: Participatory process in the
internet governance, How internet works,
International laws and trade agreements,
Law enforcement, Child protection and
content regulation, Surveillance and privacy
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