Abstract
This article examines state violence in digital spaces and its impact on women’s civil society organizations (CSOs) in Indonesia, focusing on the promise and fragility of digital feminist solidarity. Using critical feminist lenses, the qualitative study draws on online FGDs with diverse women’s CSOs (urban, youth, progressive religious, disability, Indigenous/grassroots, and LGBTIQ+ groups) and qualitative content analysis of their social media. Findings show repression emerges through lawfare (ITE Law, Criminal Code), surveillance, doxxing, moral stigmatization, and algorithmic/platform disciplining, producing chilling effects and self-censorship. CSOs respond via digital security, funding diversification, low-profile strategies, and solidarity networks. Transformative solidarity requires protection, equitable resourcing, and cross-issue alliances.
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