Disinformation narratives in Indonesia today draw on the same playbook used in 1965 and 1998—and AI is accelerating their reach. On 15 September 2025, the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), the Development Policy Foundation (DPF), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland convened RealityCheck Indonesia in Jakarta. Under the theme “Cross-Border Insight Exchange: Navigating Risks of Disinformation and Misinformation,” Safer Internet Lab joined the panel discussion.Alia Yofira, SAIL’s Research Associate, joined the panel alongside:

• Michał Kacewicz (Editor-in-Chief of Belsat.pl, former journalist at Newsweek, and author of four books on Euromaidan, Donbas War, and biographies of Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenka)
• Sylwia Szparkowska (former journalist at rp.pl: the leading Polish Daily, media creator, and media ecosystem expert)
• Pradipa P. Rasidi (Open Source Investigator at the Centre for Information Resilience)

Alia noted that recent disinformation narratives in Indonesia follow the same playbook used in 1965 and 1998, recycling themes such as antek asing (foreign conspiracies), anti-communism, looting, and rape. These narratives have been used to justify stronger state intervention.AI-generated disinformation now amplifies these narratives at unprecedented speed.Alia highlighted the need for systematic interventions—involving government, platforms, civil society, and media—that address harmful narratives in real time while strengthening the resilience of each actor involved.