- The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (“Ministry”) has warned the general public against spreading any online content which contains images (either videos or photos) of violent acts or hate speech, including hoaxes relating to the 22 May post-election demonstration.
- Ferdinandues Setu, the Head of the Public Relations Bureau at the Ministry, has issued an official public warning stating that the spreading of content containing acts of violent , provocative incitements or hate speech directed at certain ethnic groups, religions, races or inter-group relations (“SARA”) is a violation of Law No. 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions, as amended by Law No. 19 of 2016 (“ITE Law”).
- Furthermore, Mr. Setu asserted that the Ministry would actively supervise the spread of such content through the use of an AIS machine operated by 100 persons, who will be in charge of verification processing. Members of the public are also being encouraged to report any proscribed content via: aduankonten.id or @aduankonten on Twitter.
- Wiranto, the current Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security, has also announced that the government will temporarily restrict access to social media in order to prevent the spread of such content.
- For more on this story, see: “Pemerintah Imbau Warga Tak Sebar Konten dan Video Kekerasan Aksi Unjuk Rasa”.
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