"But governments also want to control Big Tech firms - they see them as being too powerful, too influential," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. 'DRACONIAN' TIMEFRAME More than three-quarters of the world's over 4.5 billion internet users live in countries where authorities punish online expression, according to Freedom House, which ranked China as having the worst environment for internet freedom. Elsewhere in Asia, Indonesia enacted rules this year to make social media platforms remove content deemed unlawful or that "disturbs public order" within four hours if considered urgent, and 24 hours if not.
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JAKARTA Indonesian academics have called out the government for banning five foreign scientists after they questioned official claims of an increase in the country’s orangutan population, warning that the move sets a disturbing precedent for academic freedom. In a statement to the government, scientists grouped under the Academic Freedom Advocacy Team called the ban […]
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The ministerial regulations MR5 and the amendment MR10 contain content moderation provisions that are inconsistent with internationally recognized human rights, including freedom of expression and opinion.