Damar Juniarto
oomdamar.bsky.social
Damar Juniarto
@oomdamar.bsky.social
Founder PIKAT-Center of AI and Tech Innovation for Democracy • KONDISI-Indonesia research group on digital disinformation • Board Amnesty Indonesia • Member KTP2JB-Committee on Digital Platform Responsibility for Quality Journalism • Lecturer UPNVJ
Stay safe, my Nepali friends. Sending you my sympathy and resistance spirit! 🔥🔥🔥

In solidarity!
September 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Join me today to discuss the cross-border data flow issue related to recent reciprocal trade agreement between Indonesia and United States of America.

Combining three organizations KONDISI, PIKAT, and DDRN, to collaborate in search of truth.

August 9, 2025
4-6 pm
bit.ly/jualdatawarga
August 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Today, Indonesia has been added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist and rates Indonesia as “obstructed”, indicating serious challenges to the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association.

Read CIVICUS media release here web.civicus.org/IndonesiaWL2025
July 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Damar Juniarto, an analyst from research centre PIKAT Demokrasi, which monitors AI safety in Indonesia, said the country was not ready to be an AI developer owing to a lack of infrastructure such as chips, and a lack of AI skills in the workforce.

Source: www.reuters.com/business/med...
Indonesia targets foreign investment with new AI roadmap, official says
Indonesia will finish work next month on its first national strategy on artificial intelligence in a bid to attract foreign investment, an official said, as Southeast Asia's largest economy looks to join the global AI and chip-making race.
www.reuters.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Damar Juniarto
💊 Incels' toxic ideology can radicalize young men & lead to real-world violence.

Our recent findings show that the world’s largest incel forum has nearly DOUBLED since our 2022 report on the Incelosphere.

It’s time for policymakers to intervene.

Learn more ⤵️
The world's largest incel forum reacts to Netflix’s Adolescence with hate and conspiracies
CCDH's new research shows that the world's largest incel forum responded to Netflix's 'Adolescence' with misogyny, racism, and antisemitism.
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July 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once an Australian journalist Zacharias Szumer interviewed me in 2024, asking my personal experience about down and out of digital democracy in Indonesia.

Read the full article here:
arena.org.au/dead-deepfak...
Dead Deepfake Dictators and Declining Digi-optimism in Indonesia – Arena
Critical * Radical * Australia * Earth
arena.org.au
July 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Read my commentary on the recent pacts between the Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) and telecommunication operators regarding wiretapping agreement.

#BigBrotherIsWatching

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
June 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I would like to share my talking points and pictures from today's session at ASEAN Peoples @ ASEAN 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

"The Rise of Technofeudalism and The Spirit to Decolonize The Digital Space"

damarjuniarto.medium.com/the-reign-of...
May 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW ARTICLE ON RISK OF AI HARMING HUMANS

This article highlights that the AI risks have not been fully mapped. New AI risks continue to emerge, as we can learn from the case of Galang Erlangga, where his personal numbers has been spread by MetaAI in March-May 2025

www.tempo.co/kolom/mitiga...
May 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Join us for an engaging event exploring the state of online rights in Southeast Asia.

Featuring regional leaders explore how we can work together to address tech-enabled abuse and protect digital spaces.

Speakers' profile:
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24 May 2025 (Sat)
3.30-5PM MYT
Wisma MCA, Kuala Lumpur
May 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Here is my agenda at Rightscon 2025 Taipei. #RightsCon25 @rightscon.org

“AI and Democracy: Battling Disinformation in Asia's 2024 Elections”

Host: Hashtag Generation | Asia Democracy Network

Dialogue  |  in-person

Tuesday, February 25, 2025
10:15–11:15 AM (Taipei Time)
Room: 201E
February 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
More pictures of #RightsCon25 from Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia

@rightscon.org really connecting communities.
February 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Attending the Opening Ceremony #RightsCon25 @rightscon and took some fun selfies with friends from all over the world: Nepal, Philipine, Myanmar, and Indonesia.
February 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM