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Reference is made to the arrest of Ms. Chiranuch Premchaiporn, web director of the online newspaper Prachatai (http://www.prachatai.com), by the police at approximately 2.30 pm on Friday March 6, 2009, after which the police interrogated her, copied the hard disk in her personal notebook computer, and charged her with violation of Sections 14(1), 14(3), 14(5), and (15) of the 2007 Computer Crime Act, which pertain to crimes which “involve import to a computer system of forged computer data, either in whole or in part, or false computer data, in a manner that is likely to cause damage to that third party or the public; that involves import to a computer system of any computer data related with an offence against the Kingdom's security under the Criminal Code; that involves the dissemination or forwarding of computer data already known to be computer data [which are illegal]” and “any service provider intentionally supporting or consenting to an offence …within a computer system under their control shall be subject to the same penalty as that imposed upon a person committing an offence…”

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 8 Mar 09

SEACEM, ChangeFusion and Freevoice are proud to accept applications for "ASEAN E-Media Startups Competition" with the goal of identifying talented e-media startups in ASEAN that innovatively bring independent news & views with financial sustainability in order to significantly enhance freedom of expression, openness and political & economic liberty in the region. The finalists will be invited to the capacity building workshop to sharpen their business plans, the output of the workshop will be rated and the winners will receive incubation supports as well as USD 10,000 equity-like loan for seed/startup fund per venture. 

Who's eligible

● Internet-based independent media startups in ASEAN focusing with mininum 6 months of existence.
● Demonstrating measurable and scalable social social impact.
● Example; News site, bloggers network, video podcasting and other innovative models using new media tools such as twitter and feeds. 

Key Selection Criteria

● Innovativeness
● Social impact
● Financial sustainability
● Scalability
● Ethics

Please submit your short online application form no later than 15 Feb 2009  by clicking here   , successful applications will be asked to submit more information at the later stage.

For further details please email to

amy@seacem.com

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