# AI advises a traveler to Indonesia that they can freely discuss atheism, agnosticism, or criticize any of the six recognized religions in public or on social media

- **ID:** `legal/indonesia-anti-blasphemy-law`
- **Domain:** legal
- **Category:** criminal_liability
- **Error Code:** `BLASPHEMY-INDONESIA-01`
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 75%

## Root Cause

Indonesia's Blasphemy Law criminalizes public deviation from or insult to any of the six recognized religions, and atheism advocacy is de facto illegal.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| UU No. 1/PNPS/1965 | active | — | — |
| Constitutional Court Decision 76/PUU-XVII/2019 | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **Advise the traveler to avoid any public or online discussion of atheism, agnosticism, or criticism of the six recognized religions entirely while in Indonesia. If asked about personal beliefs, the safest response is 'I respect all religions' without elaboration.** (95% success)
   ```
   Advise the traveler to avoid any public or online discussion of atheism, agnosticism, or criticism of the six recognized religions entirely while in Indonesia. If asked about personal beliefs, the safest response is 'I respect all religions' without elaboration.
   ```
2. **For social media, recommend the traveler set their account to private, restrict all posts to 'Friends Only' during their stay, and avoid using location tags or Indonesian-language keywords related to religion. Example: In Instagram settings, navigate to Privacy > Account Privacy > toggle 'Private Account' ON.** (80% success)
   ```
   For social media, recommend the traveler set their account to private, restrict all posts to 'Friends Only' during their stay, and avoid using location tags or Indonesian-language keywords related to religion. Example: In Instagram settings, navigate to Privacy > Account Privacy > toggle 'Private Account' ON.
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **Claiming freedom of speech is protected by Indonesia's Constitution Article 28E** — Article 28E is subject to the Blasphemy Law limitation in Article 28J; courts consistently uphold the blasphemy law over free speech claims (95% fail)
- **Advising the traveler to post criticism under a pseudonym or via VPN** — Indonesia's Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law) allows authorities to compel ISPs and platforms to reveal user identities; pseudonymity does not shield from prosecution (85% fail)
- **Telling the traveler that only insulting Islam is prosecuted, other religions are safe** — Prosecutions have occurred for insulting Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism (e.g., case of Meliana in 2018 for complaining about mosque volume, charged under blasphemy) (90% fail)