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Techno-Legal Internet Controls in Indonesia and Their Impact on Free Expression

Irene Poetranto examines Indonesia’s use of domain name system (DNS) redirection as a method of internet censorship in a new essay published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

In Techno-Legal Internet Controls in Indonesia and Their Impact on Free Expression Poetranto explains how DNS redirection, a new type of DNS tampering, was introduced in Indonesia following the establishment of Indonesia’s national DNS. She discusses what this means for internet users and in Indonesia.

Read the essay.

 


Irene Poetranto is a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab.

This essay was published on May 28, 2025, in Digital Democracy in a Divided Global Landscape by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.