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Country
Indonesia

Source
Article by The Jakarta Post

Title
Dated Feb 2017 | Police playing tough in combating cybercrimes in Indonesia

About
Internet users should now really think twice before tweeting or posting anything on social media

Key findings
The National Police have announced that they had expanded their cybercrime unit, which was initially operating under the Criminal Investigation Department’s special economic directorate, into becoming a separate directorate. | Aim - increase the force’s capacity to tackle the growing number of criminal threats in cyberspace, | three departments: economic cybercrimes, cyberterrorism and general cybercrimes. | In handling cybercrime, Supriyadi said, the police tend to focus more on cases related to online defamation, since it is easier to obtain evidence for them and takes a shorter time to conduct the investigation

Website
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/02/06/police-playing-tough-in-combating-cybercrimes-in-indonesia-.html