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Indonesian anti-graft activists complain of digital attacks Toggle share menu Advertisement Indonesian anti-graft activists complain of digital attacks FILE PHOTO: A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has shut its entire network after a cyber attack, the company said on Friday. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration 25 May 2021 07:11PM (Updated:...

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Local and foreign digital service providers have been granted a six-month grace period to register with the government as mandated by a recent regulation that grants the state sweeping authority to censor digital content.

Asia PacificIndonesian faces jail for Tiktok clip denigrating Palestine Reuters 2 minute read An Indonesian janitor is facing a maximum six years in prison for violating a cyber law after he posted a video on social media platform Tiktok allegedly calling for the "slaughter" of Palestinian "pigs". Indonesia, the worlds largest Muslim-majority nation, is a staunch supporter of Palestine and the clip quickly drew the ire of police in West Nusa Tenggara province. "The suspect has made slanderous T...

“This kind of situation never occurred during the period of the previous (administration)”, said Juniarto. Also speaking at the discussion, Airlangga University Faculty of Law lecturer Herlambang P Wiratraman said that the silencing of critics by the authorities had become increasingly complex. Attempts to gag critics tended to take the form of digital attacks such as doxing, or disclosing and disseminating private data. On the other hand, efforts by censors, persecution and the jailing of ...

March 01, 2021 The first week of street protests in Yangon, Myanmar following the military coup of February 1, 2021. Credit: Ben Small Advertisement Once again, hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets and to digital highways. From Kathmandu to Delhi, moving east to Bangkok and Yangon, a wave of discontent is demanding that human rights be upheld. In Kathmandu, women march to demand an end to violence and the “deep-rooted patriarchal mindset.” Car horns blare and cooking pots bang in...

Indonesia contemplates on revising controversial Internet law 25th February 2021 Illustration President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) hinted at a likely revision to the country’s Internet law -- Law No 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) -- especially to correct articles open to multiple interpretations. “If its implementation leads to injustice, the law needs to be revised,” Jokowi had tweeted on Feb 15, 2021. The ITE law essentially regulates the exchange o...

Publishing date: Feb 23, 2021  •  February 23, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Article content JAKARTA — Indonesia’s police chief has called on officers to use greater discretion when enforcing the country’s internet law, following government signals the legislation, which has ensnared journalists, academics and opposition figures, will be reviewed. The 2008 electronic information and transactions (ITE) law, which regulates online activity including defamation and hate speech, ha...

By a special Asia Pacific Report correspondent in Jakarta It was September 2019, and exiled Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman was enjoying her final days in Australia. Her studies at the Australian National University in Canberra were almost over and all that was left was to wait for graduation day. One afternoon, Koman’s mobile phone rang. There was an SMS message from a friend in Indonesia. Her colleague informed her that the police had declared Koman a suspect. Since August 17,...

Indonesian govt moves to revise controversial cyberlaw Teams set up to look at catch-all articles that many say are being used to target govt critics Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD says his ministry has formed two teams to amend a controversial law that critics say has catch-all articles aimed at stifling dissent. (Photo: Screenshot of Mahfud MD’s video message) The Indonesian government has formed two teams to look at revising a controversial law r...

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): President Joko Jokowi Widodo has instructed the National Police to devise a guideline for the law enforcement body in handling online defamation cases amid rising concerns that the nation’s cyberlaw has been repeatedly abused to silence government critics. The draconian Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law and its vague provisions on what constitutes defamation on the web have long been criticised by activists for curbing freedom of speech and expr...