Damar Juniarto, Director of the Digital Anti-Disinformation Working Group, described the policy as a form of censorship that undermines democracy.
“This is what is called censorship, and such censorship undoubtedly hampers democracy,” he said, as quoted by Tempo.co (August 31, 2025).
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He suspected the decision was not separated from government communication with tech giants, following Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Angga Raka Prabowo’s meeting with Meta and TikTok Asia Pacific.
Angga stressed that content moderation has long been in place to prevent hoaxes, hate speech, and online gambling, though he denied any connection to the latest protests.
Still, public skepticism remains high.
On X (formerly Twitter), the hashtag #MatiLiveMatiDemokrasi (“Live Dies, Democracy Dies”) trended, with netizens arguing that shutting down the Live feature is tantamount to silencing the voice of the people.
