Policy Paper: Roadmap For Indonesia’s National Countermeasures Against Disinformation

This policy paper positions the state as a strategic steward and systemic regulator of the digital ecosystem, emphasizing proportionate responsibilities for digital platforms with systemic impact and strengthening the roles of media organizations, fact-checkers, academia, and civil society as independent pillars to counter disinformation. Therefore, it is not intended to expand the state’s authority to […]

Research Report: Digital Safety of Content Creators in Indonesia

This report presents the results of research that identifies and measures the digital security index of 312 content creators in Indonesia through four aspects: perceptions of digital security, experiences with digital attacks, the impact of attacks, and practices for handling digital attacks. With an overall index score of 2.41 out of a maximum of 4, […]

Research Report: Digital Security of Media Companies in Indonesia

This book presents the research results that identify and measure the digital security index of 116 cyber media companies in Indonesia, based on three main aspects: experiences related to digital attacks, security practices, and perceptions of digital security. The research findings indicate that the overall digital security index score is 19.71 out of a maximum […]

The revision of UU ITE and the accountability of social platforms for illegal content

Last week, I submitted recommendations on behalf of PR2Media regarding the regulation of illegal content on social media platforms to the Committee for the Revision of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE) of the Indonesian House of Representatives. The aim is to improve Indonesia’s ability to combat the spread of such content through […]

Japanese journalist on nuclear energy

By Engelbertus Wendratama Today the way most Japanese people see nuclear energy is different from how they did before the March 2011 Fukushima disaster. There are wide public protests against nuclear power, calling for it to be abandoned. This radical change of attitude occurred in many Japanese journalists, including Rie Yamada, who has been reporting […]

Patients requesting more rights in accessing medical marijuana

By Engelbertus Wendratama Some patients with debilitating conditions praised the regulations proposed by the Department of Public Health, noting the DPH has listened to their concerns and revised its first draft. However, they still proposed changes in the regulations. In a public hearing held April 22 at the DPH office, Steve Saling, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, asked the DPH not to limit a patient […]

Drug prevention groups asking for stricter marijuana law

Substance abuse prevention groups raised various concerns on medical marijuana dispensation, ranging from possible black market activities, dispensary regulation, to edible marijuana-infused products. In the public hearing on April 22, they shared their views on the marijuana draft regulations. Dave Morgan, chairperson of the Weymouth Youth Coalition Substance Abuse Prevention Team, said that the maximum limit […]