Indonesia

The study showed that Indonesian female journalists have experienced various forms of sexual violence in the workplace and in the course of fulfilling their duties in the field.

Effective content moderation in a big and diverse country such as Indonesia requires a transparent and sustainable dialogue between platforms and local civil society groups.

This report presents a summary analysis of research on current practices of content moderation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia ‘harmful content’ such as ‘hate speech ’, and Kenya, with a specific focus on and disinformation.

The Alliance of Independent Journalists releases its annual report on the state of media freedom in Indonesia. It documented 43 cases of violence against journalists throughout 2021.

Ministerial Regulation 5 governs the functioning of private electronic systems operators (ESOs) accessible in Indonesia which include social media platforms, search engines, ecommerce platforms, games, and communications services.

A new report by Aliansi Jurnalis Independen Indonesia looks into the impact of the pandemic on the welfare of journalists. The report also explored the state of press freedom in Papua.

The Indonesian press has not been free from violence and abuse against journalists. There were more than 60 cases recorded from 2017 to March 2018, with at least 20 percent of the cases involving women journalists.

Blocks on web content affected gay dating apps and websites with information related to the West Papua region

Amendments to the 2008 Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) Law retained criminal penalties for online defamation, but reduced the maximum sentence. The amendments also introduced a provision media watchdogs said could permit the censorship of past news articles.

From 2008 through March 2015, 85 people had been sued under the ITE Law, with at least five people sentenced to prison.

Supreme Court upholds ministerial regulation allowing government to block websites displaying “negative content”

Ranked 97th in annual global media freedom report

State releases documentary ‘The Act of Killing’ as free download opening public debate on junta-led genocide

Impunity for perpetrators of violence against journalists continues

Aceh “punks” rounded up by police, subjected to reeducation

Ranked 132nd in annual press freedom index

The government has enacted unnecessary restrictions on access to information about forest concessions and land claims. Authorities have harassed and intimidated local activists who have been bringing attention to forest sector abuses, and a number of environmentalists and activists have been arrested or prosecuted in recent months over plantation disputes.

Ranked 96th in annual global media freedom report

Authorities in Aceh subject rebellious youth to “reeducation,” which includes the forcible shaving of their punk-rock hairstyles and a traditional cleansing ceremony

Coffins delivered to media organisations in an attempt to intimidate journalists

Indonesian journalists cover corruption at great risk

“At least two journalists were killed, five kidnapped and 18 assaulted in 2011”

“Indonesia has imprisoned more than 100 activists from the Moluccas and Papua for peacefully voicing political views, holding demonstrations, and raising separatist flags”