Key references

Human Rights Watch. (2009). Turning critics into criminals. Retrieved from https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/indonesia0510_insert_low.pdf

Human Rights Watch presents defamation cases in Indonesia that put ordinary people behind bars.

National. (2014, April 11). ITE Law could lead to rights violations. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved from http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/04/11/ite-law-could-lead-rights-violations.html

The Jakarta Post lays out the loopholes in the 2008 Electronic and Information Law in relations to the human rights violation.

Semiocast. (2012). Twitter reaches half a billion accounts: More than 140 millions in the U.S. Retrieved from http://semiocast.com/en/publications/2012_07_30_Twitter_reaches_half_a_billion_accounts_140m_in_the_US Semiocast presents a survey that shows Indonesians social media network activity.

Prathivi, N. (2010, January 1). Banning Books: A flashback to the colonial era. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved from http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/10/banning-books-a-flashback-colonial-era.html

Prathivi highlights Indonesia’s historical background on censorship and repression.

Soloway, B. (May 15, 2014). Tifatul's Surprise Vimeo Ban Raises Freedom Concerns. Jakarta Globe. Retrieved from http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/features/indonesia-reels-surprise-vimeo-ban/

Soloway provides some background on the reasons why the Indonesian government decided to block the video-sharing website Vimeo.