Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Movie Censorship Agency (LSF) has admitted to being confused about censoring content on US-based streaming movie provider Netflix, because of a legal basis of obsole

Despite the rising number of internet users, a digital gulf is dividing the archipelago with wildly unequal access, speed and proficiency between more developed western and poor eastern regions.

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Golkar lawmaker Tantowi Yahya urged the government to 'counter' news about Papua online.

Jakarta – After seven years, the English-language daily Jakarta Globe published its last print edition on Tuesday, marking the paper's complete tranformation into an online publication.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – A proposal by the Indonesian government to ban the use of mobile phones by children has met with both support and criticism, with proponents claiming it can keep mi

Diatyka Widya Permata Yasih and Andi Rahman Alamsyah – Young people appear to be heavily reliant on social media to engage in Indonesia's democratic life.

Jakarta – Experts have criticized the government, especially the Communications and Information Ministry, for failing to update laws and regulations to keep up with the rapidly expandin

Ezra Sihite & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Jakarta – The Communication and Information Ministry has blocked access to websites about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the government

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has blocked eight websites that were found to be posting fabricated political news based on factual reports published by several re

Jakarta – News sites with the extension – news.com that imitate national news sites have been blocked since Wednesday.

Jakarta – Indonesia's netizens have rebuked Communications and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring for asking them what they would do with a fast Internet connection, in the wake of

Jakarta – Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring has no idea about the benefits of having fast internet connection speed for Indonesia.

Jakarta – Those who wonder why President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has opened up a Twitter account in the waning days of his administration should remember the old saw "If you can beat '

Hundreds of thousands of people have signed on to follow President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's newly launched Twitter account, which he says will facilitate closer communication with eve

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – It may be too late for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to bolster his public image by joining Twitter, but netizens will nevertheless soon be able to i

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian civil society groups wants the government to focus on human rights at an international conference on Internet governance in Bali Island

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Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry claims it has blocked nearly 1 million sites that carry pornographic content.

Arientha Primanita & Anita Rachman – After blocking access to almost one million pornographic Web sites, the Communication and Information Technology Ministry is now targeting anony

Shirley Wibisono & Sumisha Naidu – Indonesia, a developing Muslim nation which claims the world's third-largest community of Facebook users, has become a showcase for the social net

Ati Nurbaiti, Canberra – The habit of tweeting or clicking away at every invitation to your Facebook page might be leading somewhere – the success of local, small scale movements.

An official from a religious court in Indonesia has blamed social networking site Facebook for a rise in the number of cases of teenage pregnancies and early marriages in a town in cent

Lisa Siregar – Internet users in Indonesia are now spending more time online than they are reading newspapers or listening to the radio, according to a survey released by Yahoo!

Ismira Lutfia – Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring denied on Friday that he had called for government control over social media sites, saying his remarks a day earlier had been m

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tifatul Sembiring said that the Indonesian government was obligated to serve as a gatekeeper for the Internet, including social med

Indonesia's claim to having the second-largest number of Facebook users in the world – 30 million accounts as of this year – may not be all it's cracked up to be.

Ismira Lutfia – An Indonesian Web site modeled as an alternative platform for news reports not picked up by the mainstream media has officially gone live with the aim of hosting newsroo

Zaky Pawas – With the number of Internet users across the country continuing to rise rapidly, the Jakarta Police revealed the incidence of Internet-related crimes in the city last year

Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro's fears that social networking sites threaten national security are ridiculous, a defense official at the House of Representatives says.

Jakarta – One Indonesian Twitter user claiming to be in possession of "intelligence" information on a number of politicians and the murky world of politics has become something of a sen

Jakarta – The proliferation of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs, is facilitating Internet activism capable of influencing political decision-making in the country.

Tari Rusbianti, Shafiq Pontoh and Sarah Reiter – You may be surprised to find that Indonesia recently became the number one user of Facebook throughout the Asia Pacific.

With millions of Indonesian absolutely transfixed for almost a month over the widespread distribution of homemade videotapes involving three popular local celebrities involved in hardco

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday his country must not stand "naked" before modern information technology, signalling his support for an Internet filte

Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring vowed on Thursday to issue a decree by the end of the year to "save the young" from pornography on the Internet.

Anita Rachman & Farouk Arnaz – The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology may find the recent sex video scandal to be a blessing in disguise, with lawmakers on Wednesd

Jakarta – Indonesia's communications minister said Wednesday a celebrity sex video scandal showed the Internet was a threat to the nation and vowed to issue a decree to curb its use.

Jakarta – Indonesian police raided Internet cafes on Monday and rounded up dozens of students who were skipping school to play computer games or chat with their friends online.

Nurfika Osman – A spate of crimes targeting Indonesian teenagers using social networking site Facebook has raised questions about whether parents should monitor their children's online

Emmy Fitry – This was the year that online got in your face.

Anang Zakaria, Denpasar – The Minister for State Enterprises Sofyan Djalil said that internet users in Indonesia reached 13 million people.

Dian Yuliastuti, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (NCCP) has stated that violence and pornography from the internet still overshadow Indonesian children.

Allan Nairn – US intelligence officers in Jakarta are secretly tapping the cell phones and reading the SMS text messages of Indonesian civilians.

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – They say the Internet knows no boundaries.

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Microsoft Indonesia has spoken out on a controversial recent deal with the government, arguing that the deal was initiated by the government as part of its effor

PC Naommy, Jakarta – Internet experts expressed concern on Monday over the lack of understanding among bureaucrats and legislators of the benefits of cyber-technology.

Robert Go, JaKarta – Mr Fektur claims he earns 20 million rupiah (about S$3,900) a month – a sum that firmly puts him in Indonesia's middle class.

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Over the past five years, the Internet has become a crucial tool for Islamic groups in Indonesia to spread their beliefs and widen mass support.

Jakarta – After two years of antigovernment riots and economic turmoil, Indonesia's technology gurus thought it best to keep the public in the dark about possible widespread failures fr

The Indonesian government says it's planning to try to place tight controls on what enters the country on the Internet.