This is the second of a two-part article on the ongoing amendment of the controversial UU ITE in Indonesia, focusing on the discrepancy between public aspiration and political necessities as well as some legal complications.
UU ITE
The first of this two-part article on the amendment process of the controversial UU ITE focuses on the problematic beginning of the act as well as the questionable decision to keep the process behind closed doors.
The Indonesian government’s plan to revise the existing UU ITE raises concerns from opposition and watchdogs speculating that the government is finding new means to criminalize freedom of speech.