September 23, 2023

New Zealand Herald: Social media star jailed for two years for eating pork in viral Bali video

New Zealand Herald: Social media star jailed for two years for eating pork in viral Bali video. “Lina Lutfiawati, also known as Lina Mukherjee, created a ‘blasphemous’ video when she recited an Islamic phrase before eating crispy pork skin for her two million followers to see. While pork isn’t banned in Indonesia, it is forbidden in Islam and remains taboo among most Indonesians. At least 93 per cent of its 231m people identify as Muslim. Mukherjee, 33, who identifies as Muslim, was charged with blasphemy, which is the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things.”

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September 20, 2023

Jakarta Globe: National Museum that Houses Pre-Historic Artifacts Ravaged by Fire

Jakarta Globe: National Museum that Houses Pre-Historic Artifacts Ravaged by Fire. “The National Museum in Jakarta, housing hundreds of thousands of ancient artifacts, including prehistoric treasures, suffered a devastating fire on Saturday evening, resulting in substantial damage and the potential loss of national treasures. While the exact scope of the losses remains unknown, police have reported that at least four major rooms of the museum were completely destroyed by the fire.”

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September 12, 2023

Reuters: Indonesia to ban goods transactions on social media – deputy minister

Reuters: Indonesia to ban goods transactions on social media – deputy minister. ” Indonesia is planning to ban goods transactions on social media under new trade regulations, the deputy trade minister told a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday. Ministers have repeatedly said that e-commerce sellers using predatory pricing on social media platforms were threatening offline markets in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.”

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April 11, 2023

The Conversation: TikTok’s poor content moderation fuels the spread of hate speech and misinformation ahead of Indonesia 2024 elections

The Conversation: TikTok’s poor content moderation fuels the spread of hate speech and misinformation ahead of Indonesia 2024 elections. “Researchers and civil society organisations must start to study TikTok’s potential impact on Indonesia as the country will hold its general and presidential elections in February 2024.”

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December 29, 2022

Antara Indonesia News Agency: Minangkabau-Indonesian dictionary digitized

Antara Indonesia News Agency: Minangkabau-Indonesian dictionary digitized. “West Sumatra Language Development and Fostering Agency has digitized the Minangkabau-Indonesian dictionary to allow more residents to access the dictionary…. Apart from the Minangkabau-Indonesian dictionary with its 29 thousand entries, the regional office also published the Mentawai-Indonesia dictionary with 4,760 entries, which is expected to be digitized next year.”

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November 1, 2022

Phys .org: How Indonesia’s female candidates have used social media to boost Islamic image and win elections

Phys.org: How Indonesia’s female candidates have used social media to boost Islamic image and win elections. “Many political candidates in Indonesia have been taking advantage of social media to design campaigns that promote piety. Female political candidates in particular have started to utilize social media to bring about social change and encourage women to become politically engaged.”

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August 15, 2022

British Library Blog: 40 more Javanese manuscripts now accessible online

British Library Blog: 40 more Javanese manuscripts now accessible online . “In May 2022 the Bollinger Javanese Manuscripts Digitisation Project was launched, aiming to digitise a further 120 Javanese manuscripts from the British Library collection. We are delighted to announce that 40 more Javanese manuscripts have now been published online, and can be accessed directly through the live hyperlinks on the Digital Access to Javanese Manuscripts page or via the Digitised Manuscripts portal.”

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May 22, 2022

The Star (Malaysia): Social media accounts of Singapore political leaders spammed by supporters of banned Indonesian preacher

The Star (Malaysia): Social media accounts of Singapore political leaders spammed by supporters of banned Indonesian preacher. “The social media accounts of a number of political leaders and government agencies in Singapore have been spammed by supporters of an Indonesian preacher who was denied entry into Singapore on Monday, CNA has reported.”

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