Pro-government disinformation floods Twitter debates on Papuan special autonomy: new study

By Dave McRae, Associate, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne
Daniel Russo-Batterham, Research Data Specialist
Kim Doyle, Research Data Specialist
Maria del Mar Quiroga, Research Data Specialist, The University of Melbourne

Online discussion about the conflict over independence in Indonesia’s easternmost provinces — the Papua conflict — is a fiercely contested space.

The Indonesian government has employed internet shutdowns and taken punitive action against government critics to obstruct the free flow of information. Critics of Indonesian governance in Papua…

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