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Wikipedia Survives State-Sponsored Digital Lobotomy, Registers Under Repressive Oversight Rule
What Actually Happened
| # | Claim | Date | Entities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia Last Week reported that Wikipedia seemingly avoided a state-sponsored digital lobotomy. | Indonesia Last Week, Wikipedia | Instagram Video (Primary Source) (archived) | |
| 2 | The Wikimedia Foundation announced it had reached a compromise with the Indonesian Ministry for Communications and Digital Affairs regarding its registration. | Wikimedia Foundation, Ministry for Communications and Digital Affairs | Wikimedia Foundation (Diff blog) (archived) | |
| 3 | The government states the registration regulation is for security and oversight. | Government of Indonesia | France24 (archived) | |
| 4 | Activists have labeled the registration regulation as repressive. | Activists | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (archived) | |
| 5 | The compromise came after the ministry threatened to block the foundation for refusing to register, with Wikipedia citing censorship concerns shared by civil society. | Ministry for Communications and Digital Affairs, Wikimedia Foundation, Civil Society | The Jakarta Post (archived) | |
| 6 | The Foundation said the ministry told them registering was simply an administrative matter. | Wikimedia Foundation, Ministry for Communications and Digital Affairs | The Jakarta Post (archived) | |
| 7 | The government assured Wikimedia there would be no unlawful takedown orders. | Government of Indonesia, Wikimedia Foundation | The Jakarta Post (archived) | |
| 8 | The dispute follows the ministry exercising the power to block access to information platforms. | Ministry for Communications and Digital Affairs | Wikipedia (Internet censorship in Indonesia) — reporting Komdigi blocked Wikimedia authentication domain (archived) | |
| 9 | Indonesia's laws have been described as rubbery, as evidenced by past actions against platforms like TikTok, Magdalene, Tempo, and journalists. | TikTok, Magdalene, Tempo, Journalists | Instagram Video (Primary Source) (archived) |