Indonesia Netizen Facts (April - June 2016). English version.

1. Taxi Drivers Went on Demonstration,
Netizens Signed a Petition, Gov Offers Solution
On 14 March 2016, the Indonesian Ministry
of Transportation sent a letter to the Ministry of
Communication and Informatics (MCIT),
calling the latter to block Uber and Grab Car
applications for both transport services are not
an Indonesian permanent establishment, have
no operation license, and because they use
private vehicle as a public transport. The letter
was submitted on the same day when
thousands of taxi drivers held demonstration
in Jakarta.
On 22 March 2016, the second round of
demonstration was held at the downtown of
Jakarta. Indonesian netizens responded to it
by ling an online petition at Change.org
which essentially called the employers,
owners and drivers of conventional taxi to
adapt with the newest technology and try to
understand consumer's behavior in digital era.
The petition has been signed by more than 15
thousand people in 24 hours after uploaded.
The CIT Minister took the attitude to not block
the application services and immediately held a
coordination meeting with the Minister of
Transportation and Minister of Cooperatives and
Small Medium Business. The government then
suggested a solution:
- The drivers or owners of vehicles that are
used for online application-based public
transport must join a cooperative, through
which they can apply for vehicle technical
and road eligibility test to ensure passengers'
safety, which tests are actually mandated in
the Transportation Law.
- Online application service providers must
have a Permanent Establishment in
Indonesia. This requirement aims to ensure
protection for consumers as well as to ease
the government with regard to taxation
matters. GRAB CAR has opted to cooperate
with taxi companies and car rental
companies. UBER, on the other hand, chose
to partner with car rental companies.
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Sharia Internet Workshop
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ICT Watch provided support to the Aceh Information
and Communication Technology Volunteers to hold
a workshop for internet activists in Aceh, 2-4
February 2016. The workshop was attended by a
number of government, private sector, and
community representatives. Some of the source
persons were Valens Riyadi (security practitioner)
and Shita Laksmi (HIVOS). One of the highlighted
discussions was the one about the importance of
synergic and inclusive cooperation between multi-
stakeholders in Aceh internet governance.
Cyber Law Center (CLC) of the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran
University, collaborated with the Citizen Lab of the University of
Toronto and ICT Watch on 15 February 2016 to hold a
discussion on Online Privacy Protection in Bandung. Other than
discussing about the practice and policy development related
to the online privacy in Indonesia, participants also discussed
about online privacy protections in different countries such as
Malaysia and South Korea. Up to date, Indonesia doesn't have
any law which comprehensively protects personal data. The
discussion was attended by LBH Pers (Press Legal Aid),
SAFEnet, Indonesia AIDS Coalition, Common Room,
ELSAM, and FemHack.
On 9 February 2016, Twitter announced the Trust & Safety Council's establishment, which
serves as an inseparable part of their global strategy to ensure that users feel safe to express
and communicate on the 140 characters platform. ICT Watch and The Wahid Institute were
present during the event representing Indonesia in the Twitter Trust and Safety Council.
(Info: https://blog.twitter.com/2016/announcing-the-twitter-trust-safety-council)
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Discussion on Online Privacy
in Indonesia
“UBER and GRAB CAR Polemics”
Volume5,April-June2016
On Tuesday evening, February 23rd 2016, a digital policy brieng through live streaming with Rio de Janeiro and
Geneva was held at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics Ofce, Jakarta. The brieng was facilitated by the
Geneva Internet Platform (GIP)/DiploFoundation in Geneva. Around 70 participants from multistakeholder elements in
Jakarta attended the event, who discussed, among others, the updates on internet governance in Indonesia, which
was presented by the Indonesian Minister of Communication and Informatics, Mr. Rudiantara. A number of Indonesian
diplomats in Geneva participated in the brieng at GIP Ofce. The brieng is held every Tuesday of the last week of
each month and open for public. It was also agreed that different parties will take turn to be the host for GIP hub in
Jakarta After the CI Ministry as the rst host, the next one in March will be the Indonesian Internet Service Provider
Association (APJJ), while HIVOS will serve the position in April.
Indonesian Multistakeholder Monthly Brieng on Digital Policy”

2. After a long advocacy
process of more than 6 (six)
years by a number of civil
s o c i e t y e l e m e n t s i n
Indonesia, on 14 March
2016, the parliament and
government eventually
agreed to revise the Law on
Electronic Information and
Transaction (EIT Law). The
agreement was afrmed in a
work meeting between
C o m m i s s i o n I o f t h e
Parliament with the Ministry
of Communication and
Informatics (MCIT) at the
Parliament Building, Jakarta.
The Government proposed
for a reduction of the
m a x i m u m c r i m i n a l
punishment in Article 27 (3)
of the EIT Law on defamation
on internet from 6 (six) years
to 4 (four) years. The article
will also be emphasized as a
complaint offence and shall
refer to the Penal Code which
governs about the principles
o f d e f a m a t i o n f o r i t s
interpretation in order to
p r e v e n t a n y m u l t i -
interpretation.
Thus, online expression will
not become a pretext for law
enforcement to arrest the
persons responsible, even
when it is based on a
complaint led by a party to
the law enforcement.
Data from SAFEnet shows
that since being put into effect
in 2008, the article has been
numerously used to suppress
freedom of expression of the
internet users.
Previously in Public Hearing
on 3 February 2016, ICT
Watch together with other civil
society elements such as
Yayasan Satu Dunia and
Institute for Criminal Justice
Reform (ICJR) submitted a set
of recommendations to
C o m m i s s i o n I o f t h e
Parliament with regard to how
the EIT Law should be revised.
The recommendations include
a statement about the
importance of reviewing an
offence or a criminal rules in
the EIT Law, as well as the
need to incorporate it into the
Penal Code.
Rather than just reducing the
criminal punishment in Article
27 paragraph (3), it will be
more appropriate if the article
and other criminal articles in
the EIT Law are completely
removed and merged into the
Penal Code.
Finally, Article on Online Defamation
is to be Revised! (after 6 years of advocacy)
Rather than just reducing the criminal punishment in Article 27
paragraph (3), it will be more appropriate if the article and
other criminal articles in the EIT Law are completely removed
and merged into the Penal Code.
one of the early campaign visual material
revisions EIT Law conducted netizens Indonesia
The Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression
Network (SAFEnet), which main duty is to record
and advocate criminalization cases relating to
freedom of internet expression in Indonesia in
particular, held a workshop entitled “Empowering
Freedom of Expression Defenders” on 17-19
March 2016 in Jakarta.
During the second annual workshop, the material
given to the 20 Indonesian volunteers are:
1. Human Rights and Freedom of Expression on
the Internet
2. Women and Privacy Protection on the Internet
3. Online Defamation Cases Handling
4. Case Investigation Training
5. Indonesia's Internet Policy
6. Theory of Change
With the increasing volunteers' capacity and
capability, it is expected that SAFEnet will be
able to carry out its duties more solidly both in
Indonesia as well as in other countries across
Southeast Asia:
1. As the online broadcast and mapping
media on freedom of expression;
2. As a hub in the mobilization of network and
freedom of expression movement;
3. As the provider of support and solidarity
to the victims of freedom of
expression violation.
Amid the overly free atmosphere on the cyber
world and the netizens' tendency to throw
insults, spread hoaxes, and slanders,
children need certain protection from things
that might negatively affect their mental and
psychological development. It is at this point
that digital literacy becomes even more
crucial to be taught by parents and teachers
to the children.
The issue of children and social media was
discussed in a health journalists forum
recently. The forum, named Ngobras
(Ngobrol Bareng Sahabat/a Chat with
Friends) was held at the Nutrifood Inspiring
Center, Jakarta, on 11 March 2016.
One of the source persons, Widuri from ICT
Watch, said that the internet is just like a
market or a mall where children can get lost.
Every sensible person will be really careful in
taking their children to both places. Internet
is no different. Parents must not let their
children to interact and express themselves
to freely on the internet, as they still need
parental guidance and oversight in many
respects.
“Despite the parental control application that
is commonly available nowadays, which
helps to prevent what children can see on the
internet, communication between children
and parents is indispensable. Don't just rely
on the application. Instead, every parent
must develop a more open communication
with their children, including when it comes
to the cyber world ethics,” she added.
SAFEnet Strengthens
the Capacity of Indonesian
Freedom of Expression Defenders
Like Going to the Marketplace:
Children Need Parental Guidance
in Surng the Internet