As the government pushes platforms to improve protections for minors online, social media companies have largely moved toward compliance. E-commerce platforms, however, are asking for negotiation, flexibility and gradual implementation. On the surface, such requests may appear reasonable given the technical and operational complexities involved. But politically and legally, the situation raises a deeper concern: will the government apply the same standards to all digital industries, or will economic power determine how regulations are enforced?

The conviction of Ibrahim Arief in the Chromebook procurement scandal may have targeted a technology consultant, but politically and legally, the ruling represents a far bigger threat to Nadiem Makarim, the former education minister now under house arrest amid the ongoing corruption investigation.

Prosecutors from the Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office named three top executives of KoinP2P as suspects in an alleged corruption case tied to the disbursement of approximately Rp600 billion in loans through a cooperation scheme with state-owned lender Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI).

The recent acquittal of eight bankers in the Rp1.3 trillion Sritex corruption case may have protected banking industry from immediate reputational shock. But it also exposed a deeper problem within the country’s legal and financial governance system: the uneasy boundary between maintaining market confidence and enforcing accountability.

Findings from an investigation by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) point to alleged corruption in the 2025 procurement of halal certification services at the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), with potential state losses estimated at up to Rp 49.5 billion. ICW highlights four main issues, namely a weak legal basis for the procurement, the splitting of procurement packages, the use of unregistered service providers, and indications of cost inflation.

The government’s decision to exempt state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from taxes on corporate restructuring until 2029 may appear technical on the surface. Officials frame it as a pragmatic step to support consolidation, improve efficiency and accelerate the transformation of Indonesia’s sprawling SOE ecosystem under Danantara.

The draft presidential regulation on the protection of online transportation workers may become one of the country’s most controversial digital economy policies in years. Presented as a long-overdue response to driver exploitation, the regulation promises tariff transparency, social security protection, limits on arbitrary account suspensions and stronger bargaining rights for ride-hailing drivers.

Salim Ivomas Pratama (SIMP), controlled by Anthoni Salim’s Indofood Agri-Resources Ltd, is, by far, the only company openly challenged the hefty administrative fines charged by President Prabowo Subianto’s Forest Area Enforcement Task Force (Satgas PKH).

Last month, around 155 people in the Kepulauan Anambas Regency, Riau Islands, suffered food poisoning after consuming meals from the MBG program. The laboratory test results, which were only released recently, revealed traces of borax and E. coli contamination in the food samples. SPPG Air Asuk, the sole MBG provider in the area, has been temporarily suspended from operating due to this incident. But the problems do not stop there.