A New Digital Threat

The government is to impose massive fines on digital platforms that carry ‘forbidden’ contents. This has the potential to stifle freedom of expression.

Tempo

April 11, 2022

YET again, the government is to pass an anti-democratic policy. Social media, which has been an arena for people to express themselves, is to be restricted through threats of fines for the content providers of these platforms.

The ministry of communication and informatics and the ministry of finance are currently drawing up a law on fines for digital companies that breach the Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE) Law and the Communication

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