Internet censorship in Indonesia
Indonesia (ID) · · Atom
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Censorship Score
Level
freeRisk Tier
T3MediumTrend
− stableGlobal Rank
#59Incidents
—Overview
Indonesia filters content based on religious and moral guidelines, including gambling and adult content.
Evidence provenance
No evidence records attached to this country yet. Once probes or upstream alerts fire, attribution appears here.
7-Day Risk Forecast
Predictive AIMachine learning prediction of censorship risk based on historical patterns and political events. Calibrated 2026-05-20 via isotonic refit on 810 live outcomes. See drivers + similar past events →
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ML Intelligence
Atlas models · 2026-05-21Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±208d
Try-first circumvention tool
Lantern · p2p-circumvention · 77% probe success (partial)
Recent Incidents
No incidents recorded for Indonesia.
ISPs in Indonesia
Known blocked services
Some content categoriesLGBTQ+ content
Recommendations
- Use Voidly VPN
- Enable encrypted DNS
- Use HTTPS-only mode
Data
Measurements930,566
Blocked count74,399
Block rate8.0%
Last updated2026-08-13
API endpoint
/data/country/IDProtocol breakdown
893K
Web
19K
Telegram
19K
WhatsApp
Frequently asked questions about censorship in Indonesia
Q01Is the internet censored in Indonesia?
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Voidly classifies Indonesia as free (censorship score 2/100, risk tier 3: Medium). Indonesia filters content based on religious and moral guidelines, including gambling and adult content.
Q02What websites are blocked in Indonesia?
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Recent measurements show blocking or interference for: Some content categories, LGBTQ+ content. The block-rate across all measured domains is 8.0% over 930,566 samples. Live per-domain status: https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain={domain}&country=ID.
Q03How does Indonesia's censorship compare globally?
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Indonesia ranks #59 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04What blocking methods are used in Indonesia?
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Voidly's pipeline detects DNS poisoning, TCP-RESET, blockpage injection, TLS-RESET / SNI-based blocking, and ASN-level outages. The exact method per domain is in each evidence permalink (https://api.voidly.ai/data/incidents?country=ID). Methodology: https://voidly.ai/methodology.
Q05How fresh is the data for Indonesia?
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Voidly probes Indonesia every 5 minutes from 37+ global probe nodes. Upstream OONI, IODA, and CensoredPlanet feeds refresh every 6 hours. The country snapshot was last regenerated 2026-08-13.
Q06How can I check if a specific website is blocked in Indonesia?
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Three options. (1) REST: GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain=twitter.com&country=ID. (2) MCP: npx @voidly/mcp-server, then call check_domain_blocked with domain="twitter.com" country="ID". (3) CLI: npx @voidly/cli check twitter.com ID. All three return current status, blocking method, and evidence permalinks.
Q07Can I use a VPN to bypass censorship in Indonesia?
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Use Voidly VPN Enable encrypted DNS Use HTTPS-only mode The full per-country recommendation list is on this page below.
Q08How do I cite Voidly's data on Indonesia in a paper or article?
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Use the BibTeX or RIS export at https://voidly.ai/cite/ID (also linked from the Citation section below). Permanent incident IDs (e.g., ID-2026-NNNN) are issued for every confirmed event. License: CC BY 4.0 — credit Voidly Research and link back.
Cite this data
Voidly Research. (2026). Indonesia Censorship Profile. https://voidly.ai/id
License: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution.