Cross border disinformation.

1. ON REGIONAL AND CROSS-BORDER
“WAR ON DISINFORMATION”
IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
In response of Safer Internet Lab (SAIL) Study Report
Presented by Damar Juniarto
Ayana Midplaza Jakarta, March 28, 2024

2. • Adding more context on challenges regarding cross-border
disinformation in Southeast Asia:
• Indonesia IO on West Papua
• https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/11/11/west-papua-new-online-influence-
operation-attempts-to-sway-independence-debate/
• https://safenet.or.id/2023/12/laporan-investigasi-disinformasi-keberhasilan-otonomi-
khusus-papua-barat/
• Russia IO on war Ukraine-Russia in Indonesia media
• https://www.remotivi.or.id/headline/esai/852
• (Alleged) China propaganda over Indonesia election 2024
• https://www.cnnindonesia.com/internasional/20240112182522-113-1048835/menlu-
taiwan-tuding-china-susupi-pilpres-singgung-indonesia

3. • In order to understand this report study, here some questions:
• What is the thesis behind this study?
• What kind of imagination (end of goals) of this study from the authors
cum researchers when begin this research/study last year?
• Is it since disinformation is a global problem than we should using
regional response to combat this problem?
• If yes, what did the authors/researchers mean by regional
response? Is it war on disinformation should led by governments
of ASEAN member states?
• If yes, then why? If not, then what?

4. • In today’s digital age, disinformation has become a persistent
menace, spreading like wildfire and causing real-world harm.
• How our government handle disinformation? Similar with the way
they handle drugs. They publish law against drugs. They arrest the
spreaders and users. They burn the drug factories/site. And, they
rarely (or never) touch the source (bad actors).
• So the questions that looms large are:
• Whether governments and ASEAN can be a part of the solution?
• Since politician and political parties using disinformation as a tool
against their opposition (part of bad actors/problems), whether
they need to be excluded as part of the solution?

5. GLOBAL RESPONSES
• UNESCO – Koalisi DAMAI in Indonesia
is led by LP3ES and consist of 12
organizations to fight against
disinformation.
• ARISE - Accountability and
Responsibility in South’s Ecosystems is
a community space for sharing
knowledge, building bonds of
solidarity, and a laboratory of ideas
from the Global South.
REGIONAL RESPONSES
• APAC Fact Check Alliance
• AFCN - Asia Fact Checker Network led by
Black Dot Research Singapore
• SEACT – The Southeast Asia Coalition on
Tech Accountability led by Digital Reach.
Consists of 10 CSOs across Southeast
Asia.
• SEA CPN – The Southeast Asia
Collaborative Policy Network is led by
SAFEnet (Indonesia) and FMA
(Phillippines). This network consist of
(now) 15 CSOs that based in Global South
in particular in Southeast Asia.

6. Email: pikatdemokrasi@proton.me