Titik Puji Rahayu – For more than a decade, the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (ITE Law) has been the face of internet governance in Indonesia.
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April 2, 2021
April 1, 2021
Tim Mann – For a brief moment in February, it looked as though Indonesia's notorious Information and Electronic Transactions Law ("the ITE Law") would be revised.
March 20, 2021
Jakarta – Our national legislative process is fraught with transactions to maintain various interests.
March 17, 2021
Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has criticised the "badge awards" program announced by the national police criminal investigations directorate cyber crimes division.
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia condemns police's plan to award people with a 'badge of honor' for reporting alleged criminal offenses committed in the vast soc
March 16, 2021
Indonesia's newly-launched Virtual Police has all but proved its critics right after it shut down a man for his criticism of President Joko Widodo's son and Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming
Jakarta – The cyber crimes division at the national police's criminal investigations directorate will give out rewards in the form of badges or pins to members of the public who activel
March 15, 2021
Jakarta – The Surakarta (Solo) Virtual Police team has arrested a resident of Slawi, AM, who wrote a comment deemed to be a hoax about President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo eldest son Solo Dep
March 14, 2021
The following is a statement by the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) in response to a police summons for KASBI General Chairperson Nining Elitos over alleged health prot
March 12, 2021
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) lawyer, Michael Himan, said the National Police chief Gen. Listyo Prabowo must fire Malang Police chief Sr. Come.
March 9, 2021
Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (Safenet) Executive Director Damar Juniarto is questioning the government and the House of Representatives' (DPR)
March 5, 2021
Semarang – Police have broken up a protest action against the extension of Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua that took place on Jalan Imam Barjo in the Central Java provincial capital o
March 3, 2021
Max Lane – On 8 February, President Joko Widodo made a call for more criticisms of his government from society.
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD in Twitter wrote that the retraction of the law on alcohol investments announced by Preside
Amirullah, Jakarta – The Information and Electronics Transactions (ITE Law) review team reportedly completed gathering inputs from people who were both reported using the law and people
March 2, 2021
Jayapura – Papua Legislative Council deputy speaker, Yunus Wonda, said the legislators who use their constitutional rights to voice native Papuans' concerns to the central government we
February 26, 2021
Jakarta – The Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) – an institution concerned with freedom of expression in the digital world – has criticised the newly established vi
February 25, 2021
Mind what you post online, because the National Police has launched a Virtual Police division that is out to warn internet users who violate the country's Information and Electronic Tra
February 24, 2021
Jakarta – Virtual Police from the Bhayangkara Corps – as the Indonesian police are known – have officially begun operating.
Jakarta – Police asked participants at a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua to take Covid-19 rapid tests at the site of the demonstration in front of the Home Affa
February 23, 2021
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit said his side was developing an application to facilitate officers monitoring hate speech on social networking si
Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's police chief has called on officers to use greater discretion when enforcing the country's Internet law, following signs from the government that the leg
Carlos KY Paath, Primus Dorimulu, Emmanuel Kure, Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, the Communication and Information Technology Ministry, a
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has criticised the appointment of a team to review the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (UU ITE) through a decree issued on February 22 b
February 22, 2021
Jim Nolan – In an unexpected announcement, Indonesian President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo this month called upon Indonesia's military and police leadership to "improve supervision to ensure
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February 19, 2021
Jakarta – Exposit Strategy Political Analyst Arif Susanto has warned that the discourse on revisions to the Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law which have been proposed rec
Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit said that his institution faces a situation that is unwinnable in regards to the Information and Electr
February 18, 2021
Budiarti Utami Putri, Koran Tempo, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff spokesperson Juri Ardiantoro said that the government has given the green light for the House of Representatives
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A senior Indonesian Church official has welcomed a call by President Joko Widodo for the revision of several articles in a law regulating electronic information an
February 17, 2021
Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to release all those criminalised under the Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law as a
February 16, 2021
Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says revisions to the Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law must be done immediately.
President Joko Widodo has called for a more selective approach in the enforcement of Indonesia's Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE), possibly planting the seeds for a
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo stated he would ask the House of Representatives (DPR) to revise the Information and Electronic Transaction Law or ITE Law
Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati has responded to plans to revise the Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law.
February 11, 2021
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) criticized the statement President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo made on Monday where he called for th
February 10, 2021
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Renowned political observer Rocky Gerung assessed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's public call for more criticism as a paradox, saying that what the government ha
February 9, 2021
Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has responded to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement yesterday asking the public to be more active in conveying criticism by
Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement asking the public to be more active in conveying criticism and input on government performance is not in line
January 19, 2021
Jakarta – Civil society organisations in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta which are part of the Yogyakarta People's Alliance for Democracy (ARDY) have sent a subpoena to Yogyakarta (
Balinese musician I Gede Ari Astina, most popularly known as Jerinx, had his sentence reduced to 10 months following an appeal, an official from the Denpasar District Court confirmed to
December 28, 2020
Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti says that the government's plan to upgrade the activities of
December 10, 2020
Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) researcher Danu Pratama has spelled out critical notes on violations of freedom of expre
November 28, 2020
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November 27, 2020
Jakarta – A prosecutor in Bali has appealed a Denpasar district court verdict sentencing musician I Gede Ari Astina, better known as Jerinx, to 14 months in prison for "hate speech" aga
November 20, 2020
Jakarta – The Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) has criticized the hate speech verdict handed down against Bali-based musician I Gede Ari Astina, better known as Je
November 19, 2020
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Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – A Indonesian musician who is a drummer for Bali-based punk rock band Superman is Dead was sentenced on Thursday to 14 months in jail for criticising th
November 16, 2020
Jakarta – Demonstrators from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have protested the police's actions in blocking them when they wanted to hold a rally at the State Palace in Central Jakar