Indonesia
Country Profile: Indonesia
Background
The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997–1998 had a major effect on Indonesia's economy — the drying up of foreign direct investment, the collapse of the rupiah, mass unemployment, and rising inflation brought about major socioeconomic problems. Citizens demonstrated their discontent through...
ONI Blog: Indonesian Government Blocks 300 Sites Linked to Extremist Radicalism
Indonesia's Ministry of Information and Communication announced plans to block websites that contain extremist content, reports Penn Olson, the Asian Tech Catalog. Today, the press revealed the Indonesian government's plans to take down 300 sites believed to host radical activity or...
ONI Blog: ONI Releases 2010 Year in Review
The OpenNet Initiative is proud to announce the release of its 2010 Year in Review, a collection of the year's top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe.
Among the year's most well-known events are the banning of Blackberry...
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ONI Blog: Indonesia and its Porn Troubles
After the online release of the “Peterporn” sex tapes earlier this summer in Indonesia, the government there began panicked talk of Internet censorship to stop this kind of material from appearing for dissemination once more.
Even though this predominantly Muslim nation already...
ONI Blog: ONI Releases Reports on Filtering in Asia, China
New research from the OpenNet Initiative reveals accelerating restrictions on Internet content as Asian governments shift to next generation controls. These new techniques go beyond blocking access to websites and are more informal and fluid, implemented at edges of the network, and...
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ONI Blog: Indonesian Government Ratified Internet Law: Death to Bloggers' Voice?
On March 25, the Indonesian government ratified Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronic (ITE) which, in short, means Internet Law. The law regulates everything online under Indonesian government's territory effective April 1. Some highlights of the statute:
Article 10: government has...
