Unsatisfied Islamic hardliners plan further action against Facebook following anti-climactic protest
Last Friday’s protest by Islamic hardliner groups under the coalition name “Alliance Against Facebook’s Wickedness” came to a rather awkward and anti-climactic conclusion as the social media giant’s Jakarta HQ was closed for the day, meaning the protesters’ demands fell on deaf ears.
Hardline Islamic group ‘Alliance Against Facebook’s Wickedness’ to protest at digital giant’s Jakarta HQ tomorrow
The protest is going to be called "112", obviously.
FPI confirms 24-hour boycott of Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social media networks on Christmas
Indonesian Islamist hardliners the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) continue to have us scratching our heads, announcing a blanket boycott of social media to protest their Facebook...
IT Ministry’s IDR194 billion automatic internet censorship system to launch on Jan 1
The expensive, much-discussed internet censorship tech purchased by Indonesia’s IT Ministry earlier this year will finally be ready to launch at the start of 2018.
Fugitive FPI leader Rizieq Shihab tops Google’s list of the top trending public figures in Indonesia in 2017
Hopefully we'll be hearing about him a lot less next year.
Indonesian government plans to impose import taxes on software, e-books and other ‘intangible goods’
After going after Google, Facebook and other overseas-based online giants to collect back tax revenue on their online transactions (and managing to extract some major cash from...
Apple’s iPhone X and iPhone 8 officially coming to Indonesia on December 22
Here’s one for your Christmas shopping list — that is, if you haven’t already bought one from Singapore or further abroad (and if you did, we get it, you’ve got money to...
Indonesian hospitality association wants government to block AirBnB: IT Ministry
Many people traveling in Indonesia have come to rely on AirBnB to find accommodations, and many others rely on the income they can earn by renting out their spare homes and rooms...
GIFs no longer accessible on Whatsapp in Indonesia after government blocks Tenor due to ‘pornographic’ content
While the inability of Indonesian Whatsapp users to search for and send GIFs may not seem like the greatest blow to free speech, it is nonetheless another win for the forces of...
Students in Indonesia praised for erasing Whatsapp from phones in protest of ‘porn GIF’ controversy
The ridiculous controversy in Indonesia over “pornographic” GIFs accessible through popular messaging service WhatsApp might be winding down after the government blocked...