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Less freedom for the Indonesian internet | East Asia Forum

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Author: Rainer Heufers, CIPS Indonesian lawmakers have been alarmed by the freedom of data flows and opinions in the rapidly emerging digital sphere. They published an Electronic Information and Transactions Act in 2008. Its 2016 revision, criminalizing online immorality, defamation and hate speech, was widely seen as undermining freedom of expression. The digital boom also …

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Elon Musk, internet freedom and how the Supreme Court could compel big tech to a catch-22 - SCOTUSblog

Elon Musk, internet freedom and how the Supreme Court could compel big tech to a catch-22 – SCOTUSblog

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SCOTUS TUNING By James Romoser November 6, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. “The bird is released”, Elon Musk tweeted overnight, it completed its $44 billion purchase of Twitter. What he didn’t say was that a series of court cases could soon clip his wings. A self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, Musk suggested he would relax Twitter’s content …

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