Algorithms and Agendas: Navigating Election Disinformation and Misinformation in Southeast Asia
In this article, Hamizah Myra and Kelly Foo explore the growing challenges of disinformation and misinformation in elections across Southeast Asia.
Hamizah Myra is an independent research analyst with experience in strategic planning, policy research, and stakeholder engagement across the public, private, and non-profit sectors. She previously served as a Research Analyst at the Tech For Good Institute where she supported research programmes on tech governance and digital platforms in Southeast Asia. She holds a First-Class Honours degree in Global Studies with a minor in Sociology from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Kelly Foo is currently an undergraduate at the NUS, pursuing a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). Previously, she was with the Tech For Good Institute, where she gained in-depth experience in tech policy across Southeast Asia. Her research interests lie at the intersection of policy, society, and technology, focusing on how these fields interact and shape the future.
Hamizah Myra is an independent research analyst with experience in strategic planning, policy research, and stakeholder engagement across the public, private, and non-profit sectors. She previously served as a Research Analyst at the Tech For Good Institute where she supported research programmes on tech governance and digital platforms in Southeast Asia. She holds a First-Class Honours degree in Global Studies with a minor in Sociology from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Kelly Foo is currently an undergraduate at the NUS, pursuing a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). Previously, she was with the Tech For Good Institute, where she gained in-depth experience in tech policy across Southeast Asia. Her research interests lie at the intersection of policy, society, and technology, focusing on how these fields interact and shape the future.
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Algorithms and Agendas: Navigating Election Disinformation and Misinformation in Southeast Asia
In this article, Hamizah Myra and Kelly Foo explore the growing challenges of disinformation and misinformation in elections across Southeast Asia.
Shaping the Digital Future: Regulatory Updates from Singapore
In the last part of our 6-part series on Tech Governance in Southeast Asia for 2024, Keith Detros and Hamizah Myra from Tech For Good Institute dive into Singapore's tech governance landscape for the first half of 2024.
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Shaping the Digital Future: Regulatory Updates from Singapore
In the last part of our 6-part series on Tech Governance in Southeast Asia for 2024, Keith Detros and Hamizah Myra from Tech For Good Institute dive into Singapore's tech governance landscape for the first half of 2024.
Interested to read the full summary of our Tech Regulation insights across Southeast Asia? Subscribe to the Tech for Good Institute mailing list to receive the latest research, insights, and updates.
Algorithms and Agendas: Navigating Election Disinformation and Misinformation in Southeast Asia
In this article, Hamizah Myra and Kelly Foo explore the growing challenges of disinformation and misinformation in elections across Southeast Asia.
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Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.
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Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.
Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.