Indonesian ex-scammers reveal how Southeast Asian scam farms lured them via Facebook and Telegram ads; Indonesia says 6,700+ people were tricked since 2020
restofworld.org/2025/fake-jo... X: @restofworld : Rest of World interviewed seven former scammers in Indonesia to learn how they were lured into scam farms and about the technologies they used to defr...
Meta says AI content was less than 1% of fact-checked election-related misinformation on its apps during major US, UK, Indian, Indonesian, and other elections
At the start of the year, there were widespread concerns about how generative AI could be used to interfere in global elections to spread propaganda and disinformation.
Profile of Ismail Fahmi, who has become an Indonesian household name for combating misinformation with data from his company's social media-mapping tools
In a “dystopian nightmare” internet, Ismail Fahmi holds a strange monopoly on debunking false facts. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA Tweets: @rosstapsell , @timmerman91 , @cengizyar , @anupkaphle , @restofwo...
How PetaBencana, a bot that uses social media posts to map emerging natural disasters in Indonesia in real time, is helping authorities respond more quickly
An Indonesian mapping platform is turning social media chatter into life-saving information during natural disasters. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA Tweets: @restofworld , @gquaggiotto , @themikestrasser , ...
A look at waning digital freedom in Indonesia, where authorities have increasingly used internet blackouts in recent years to curb dissent
by @timmerman91 https://restofworld.org/... Antonia Timmerman / @timmerman91 : https://restofworld.org/... Good morning, I put together what we know so far about Indonesia's use of technology for crus...
As schooling moves online during the pandemic, rural students in Indonesia and other countries struggle to learn on smartphones and shared laptops
Schools are closed in Indonesia because of the pandemic, but for the rural poor who lack internet access and smartphones, online education is particularly difficult. Tweets: @nytimes , @fahimabed , an...