Topic: Indonesia
Indonesia faces significant challenges regarding privacy and free expression, as government demands for user data and platform compliance with censorship measures increase. Major tech companies like Google and TikTok are pressured to implement strict user verification and data-sharing practices, raising concerns about surveillance and individual liberties. The ongoing struggle against censorship and the protection of digital rights in Indonesia highlights the need for vigilance in defending free speech and privacy.
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Privacy Groups Revolt Against Google’s Demand to Register Every Android Developer
Google is turning sideloading from a right into a permission slip, and the open-source community has until September to convince…
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Google Softens Planned Android Sideloading Ban but Keeps Developer ID Verification
Google’s nod to openness feels more like a gated entrance than a genuine return to Android’s freewheeling past.
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Indonesian Government Restores TikTok’s License After Platform Shares User Data
In a country where social media often outpaces law, TikTok’s quiet concession speaks volumes.
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Google to Require ID Verification for All Android Developers
Android’s last big selling point, the freedom to install whatever you want from who you want, may soon run through…
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Biden endorses G20 Declaration to censor “disinformation”
While facing a censorship lawsuit.
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G20 summit hears calls for a global digital health passport
In time for the “next pandemic.”
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Facial recognition tech is deployed at G20
Just “in case” of a crime.
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YouTube CEO hypocrisy: Susan Wojcicki says she wants “as much free speech as we possibly can”
From the head of a platform that censors millions of videos each year.
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Indonesia’s President agrees to pardon professor who was jailed over WhatsApp message
Indonesia’s strict “safety” laws have a chilling impact on free speech.
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Indonesia COVID app suffers major data leak of over 1 million people
Increasingly common with COVID apps.
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Report: Facebook to suppress “political” news
But how do they determine what’s “political” news?
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World Economic Forum makes censorship pledge to “tackle harmful content and conduct online”
A Big Tech-government coalition to control what people see online.