Presented during 2022 Policy and Internet Conference, where I share my perspective on the impact of platformization and increased datafication from within their region (Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Global respectively) and the implications on internet freedom within societies that rely so heavily on increased plaformization and datafication.

1. Defending Digital Rights
in Southeast Asia
DIGITAL DOMINATION IN INDONESIA
AND POLICY CHALLENGES ON
PLATFORMIZATION AND DATAFICATION
DamarJuniarto,ExecutiveDirectorSAFEnet
2022 Policy and Internet Conference
”Emerging Internet Policy Spaces”
28 September 2022

2. Social Media users (in million)
Population vs. Internet users
Source: APJII & We Are Social 2022
76,62%
79,09%
78,39%
75,05%
68,03%
69,74%
68,47%
68,48%
YT IG FB TT TW FM
Platform users (in million)
62 72
79
106
130
150
160
170
191
2014 2015. 2016 2017. 2018 2019. 2020 2021 2022.
139
99,15
129,9
92,07
18,45 28,4
INTERNET PENETRATION
Population 277 million
Internet user 204 million
77,02% (APJII)
73% (We Are Social)
CATEGORIZED BY AGE
5-12 : 8,08%
13-18 : 9,62%
19-34 : 25,68%
35-54 : 27,68%
> 55 : 5, 97%
DIGITAL DOMINATION

3. Meaningful Connectivity
Online Civic Space
Digital Safety
KEY ISSUES
• Platformization is the increasing domination of the Internet by a number of large companies whose
products work as markets between users and other sellers.
• Datafication is a technological trend turning many aspects of our life into data.

4. OVERALL Law no 11/2008 and 19/2016 on IET
Law no 36/1999 on Telecommunication
Law no 32/2002 on Broadcasting
2008, 2016
1999
2002
INTERNET ACCESS
Blocking
Filtering
Internet shutdowns
Art 40 of the Law no 19/2016 on Information and Electronic Transaction
GR no 71/2019
2016
2019
Net neutrality GR no 46/2021 on Post, Telecommunication and Broadcasting
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Defamation Art 27(3) of the Law no 11/2008, 19/2016 on the Information and Electronic transaction 2016
Hate Speech Art 156 (a) of the penal code.
Blasphemy Law no 1/PNPS/1965 on prevention of religious defamation 1965
False information Art 28(1) of the Law no 11/2008, 19/2016 on the Information and Electronic transaction 2016
Public Disorder Art 14 and Art 15 Law no 1/1946 on the amended penal code 1948
CONTENT MODERATION
Intermediary liability Art 13 (1) of the Ministry of Communication and Information regulation no 5/2020 on private
Electronic Service Providers
Nov 2020
Takedown/content
removal
Art 40 of the Law no 19/2016 on the Amendment of the Law no 11/2008 on the Information and
Electronic transaction
2016
Registration Art 4 of the MCI regulation no 5/2020 on private Electronic system provider Nov 2020
Blocking The Ministry Communication and Informatics (MCI) Regulation no 19/2014 on internet sites
containing negative content
2014
PRIVACY
Privacy and Data
Protection
Personal Data Protection Act
The Ministry Communication and Informatics (MCI) Regulation no 20/2016
Sep 2022
2016

5. Nation-wide, 2019
Bandwith Throttling Internet Shutdown
Papua & Papua Barat, 2019-2021
INTERNET SHUTDOWNS

6. Ministerial Regulation (MR) 5/2020 and its
amandement MR 10/2021 are the most
invasive of human (digital) rights. - EFF
On 20 July 2022, Kominfo (MOCIT) started to
block Paypal, Yahoo, DOTA 2, Steam,
Counter Strike, Epic games, Origin for not
registering to Online Submission System
(OSS) platform.
Article 13
Obligation for platform to terminate access
to prohibited Electronic Information and
Electronic Documents
Article 15
The timing and procedures for terminating
access to prohibited content, as well as
other relevant laws and regulations.
Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/indonesias-proposed-online-intermediary-
regulation-may-be-most-repressive-yet
2022
CONTENT MODERATION POLICY

7. DIGITAL ATTACKS & SECURITY
Massive Digital Attacks Mega Data Breach
2021-2022
China Surveillance

8. Thank you.
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