Although social media and China’s app is an issue, it is not a positive sign to see the government easily restrict a platform (our law allows police to post the restriction without judicial review). In the scale of contents, maybe it’s urgent and tolerable. When it comes scale of a platform, hmm

10/23 台北實體活動。討論強制保存網路流量記錄至少一年、M化車、以及政府大型資料庫透明問責。除了過去討論較多的健保資料庫、戶政系統、M-police臉部辨識外，這次會討論警政署遵守政府資訊公開法揭露的資訊。本次會有資安、法律等專家與談。

Watching a Taiwanese musical making sarcasm of gov funders never interfere artistic freedom but want “techno-art” in performing arts is a glimpse of unintentional chuckles in someone’s hell. That‘s probably why I feel weird when Taiwan using “Tech” as a symbol to cover the culture I am living in.

Taiwan Internet Governance Forum finished today. Data protection is a hard topic to catch attention among undersea cables issues, content moderation and AGI. Although Taiwan has a hard history through surveillance, till now the independent data protection authority has not established yet.

Biafran community in Taiwan will share the struggle with Nigerian gov and conflict in Africa at the open event on October 1st. From war to discrimination, people are forced into exile. What can Taiwan do to respond to asylum seeker? The event will be hybrid, with English and Mandarin interpretation.

“Call on Taiwan National Immigration Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take all necessary steps to ensure that at-risk Burmese people are not forcibly returned to Myanmar.”

Taiwanese government plans to establish health data corporation. What the media does not mention is there is no proper regulation to protect patients’ autonomy of their own data in Taiwan. How can AI industry develops for health care in the absence of concrete data protection and governance policy?

Nvidia Jensen Huang suddenly appears in Taiwan today backing for nuclear power. Tomorrow will be the referendum to decide whether to restart the No.3 NuclearPowerPlant. AI capitals should work on alternative solution for energy, not sticking the cheap one and ignore people live on earthquake zone.

China arrested writers who published Boy’s Love novels on the website and publisher based in Taiwan. The background and culture of BL writers’ internet migration across Chinese and Taiwanese platforms. 海棠大抓捕

Tomorrow 13:30 in NpoHubTaipei will be an open event discussing challenges of using gov budget plans with congress on advocacy. I’ll share eID case and transparency on data requests. Experts from environmental rights and housing policy will share more details on the advocacy approach.

Saw a street speech of the Recall Vote from the legislator’s supporters near a Metro station. Promotional car screamed vote NO. Paper fan handed to me as gift. They said “Nuclear power is clean”. That is how referendum binds recall vote and social issues glues to political parties harm judgement.

2 days left before the deadline of establishing independent data protection mechanism and completing legislation task on secondary use of national health insurance data. 2022 Taiwan constitutional court gave the decision, until now there is no public hearing held by relating ministries.

7 days left. 3 years has gone since the decision made by the constitutional court on the National Health Insurance Database in Taiwan. Patients’ opt-out rights of secondary use on health data are broadly restricted, consent rights never been discussed.