Viral Sharing of Foreign Tourists’ Behaviour May Lead to Legal Charge
Netizens who upload content related to the inconsequential behaviour of foreign citizens via social media can potentially be charged with...
Social Media
How to Report Foreigners Committing Crimes and Visa Violations
With a seeming increase of videos on social media showing foreigners doing things that upset and offend locals and residents...
Are Foreigners Getting E-KTP for 2024 General Elections??
The Director-General of the Department of Population and Civil Registration at the Home Affairs Ministry, Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, has denied...
Jakarta Ranks Third Asian City Most Loving Gym Selfies
New research has revealed that Jakarta is the third most popular Asian city for a gym selfie, with Dubai ranking...
Social Media Being Used to Recruit Terrorists
Social media applications are still often used by terrorist networks to spread extremist ideology or doctrine to recruit new members....
Social media Speaks Louder than Mainstream Media
How do you find out what is going on various protests against the recently passed Job Creation Law in Jakarta...
Tips for Expats coming to Shanghai
You might be planning on coming to Shanghai and only staying for a year to work then move on. Yet...
Police Searching for Viral Nude Tourist
Bali’s municipal police are searching for a female tourist who was spotted nude in a public place in Bali in...
Instagram: No Plans to Release ?Latest Posts?
Instagram is working on a new feature called “latest posts” for users who often experience fear of missing out,...
Social Jakartans
Until I came to Jakarta, social media was a foreign country for this bule. I only had one screen of...
Beggar Owns Car, Criticised on Social Media
A social media post showing a beggar getting into his own car has gone viral over the last few days....
Government Launches Cybersecurity Agency to Fight Fake News
As part of an attempt to fight the rampant production and spread of false news in Indonesia, the government has...
Players want E-Commerce Tax to Also Apply to Social Media for Fairness
Indonesia’s e-commerce players want the planned e-commerce tax to also apply to transactions made on social media platform, as they...
Indonesia Prepares to Ban Sites with Obscene Content, Including Facebook and Twitter
All social media providers that fail to adhere to the government request to block pornographic and other obscene content will...
Police Arrests Man Selling Wife on Facebook
Police in Surabaya has arrested a man who attempted to sell his wife for sex on Facebook after an officer...
Man Faces Six Years Prison for Posting Provocative Jokowi Memes
The police have arrested a 21-year-old man for allegedly posting negative memes online that accused President Joko Widodo’s administration of...
Social Media Giants Face Extinction Under Anti-Extremism Push
The government has tipped an outright ban on social media networks as part of a crackdown on radicalisation and communications...
Persecution Continues To Trend Online: SAFEnet Warns
A frightening trend of online targeting and cyber-bullying of individuals for their personal views amid tense freedom of expression tests...
The Government’ Ban on Gay Hookup Sites
With a newly minted degree in business administration and a year of Mandarin study under his belt, Wandi, 24, was...
Facebook Reps to Discuss Fake News in Indonesia Visit
Representatives of the social network giant Facebook are scheduled to meet Indonesia’s Minister of the Communications and Information Ministry, Rudiantara,...
Government Blocks Unreliable News Portals, Sets Up Cyber Agency
Samuel A. Pangerapan, director general for the Ministry of Applications and Information, told reporters that news portals with non-credible sources...