Muhammad Ridwan – The Instagram account belonging to Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), @sahabaticw (@friendsoficw), was suspended or temporarily blocked by Meta. The reason given was that it had violated the internal platform rules.
Internet & Social Media
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August 2024
June 2024
Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SafeNET) Executive Director Nenden Sekar Arum believes that blocking the social media platform X (Twitter) is not the solution to stopping the spread of pornographic content in Indonesia.
Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – The proposal to give the authority to the National Police to block content and slow down internet access is considered to violate citizens' rights in the digital world.
February 2024
Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Drone Emprit founder Ismail Fahmi says that there is still a great deal of discussion and news reports on the issue of election fraud during the 2024 elections.
October 2022
Jakarta – The Press Council says that the digital attacks experienced by several online mass media sites recently are a form of censorship.
Jakarta – The Narrative Advocacy Team has handed over a petition calling for a full investigation into the recent hacking of Narrative Media staff social media accounts to the Presidential Staff Office (KSP). The petition was signed by 16 thousand people.
September 2022
Jakarta – The Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has initiated an online petition urging national police chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to fully investigate the coordinated hacking of editorial staff at Narrative Media.
Jakarta – The Surabaya Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) says that charging Madiun youth Muhammad Agung Hidayatullah alias MAH in relation to the Bjorka hacker case is premature.
August 2022
Jakarta – A planned urine bottle throwing action called by the group Student Political Block (BPP) has been cancelled. Their representatives however, still held a symbolic action by pouring urine over the Communication and Information Ministry's (Kominfo) office address marker.
July 2022
Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) considers the move by the Communication and Information Ministry (Kominfo) to block a number of websites and applications on July 30 to be digital authoritarianism.