Indonesia: Announced Proposed Amendment of 2008 Law Concerning Electronic Information and Transactions

On 13 February 2023, Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Informatics announced that the government had proposed an amendment to the 2008 Law Concerning Electronic Information and Transactions to the House of Representatives. According to the Ministry, the amendments are necessary to harmonise provisions of the Law with the newly passed Indonesian Criminal Code. Planned amendments include the provisions on defamation, hate speech, and wiretapping.