How can social media be regulated fairly?

In 2020, the Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister said Indonesia would create a virtual police unit to combat misuse of social media. Source: Image by Global Media Sharing/Creative Commons

The Indonesian Law for Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE) is controversial. Its aim is to create a safe digital space in Indonesia and to free Indonesia from hoaxes and hate speech. But how can the law be policed fairly?

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Laras Susanti is a lecturer in Law at Gadjah Mada University.  She explains why the Virtual Police - the police squad that monitors social media content - is repressive and that Indonesia will not have a safe and fair digital space until the IET itself is revised.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently described social media as evil. Source: Image by by Shahid Abdullah/Creative Commons