Janji vs Kenyataan
Promise vs Reality
The public promises officials have made about Indonesia's AI rules, set against what happened next. Janji is the promise. Kenyataan is the reality. Each promise has a receipt with its deadline, its source and a preserved copy.
4 of 5 dated promises missed as of
- 4Missed
- 1Open
- 0Met
Not counted: 1 conditional and 1 status claim, which set no deadline.
Oldest missed promise as of
13 January 2025: Meutya Hafid, Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs promised a binding rule within three months. The deadline was 30 April 2025.
554 days past the deadline
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Drag the slider, or press play, to watch the promises pile up. Dots show each promise on the day it was said, coloured by what happened to it.
As of 2026-11-05 Promises made7
LatestTask force starts once the President signsIrma Handayani, Komdigi, 2026-10-21Outcome today: No deadline
Outcomes are computed, not set by hand: a dated promise turns from open to missed the day after its deadline, counted in Western Indonesian Time. Conditional promises and status claims set no deadline and are never counted as missed. When something happens, the row is updated and the change is logged in the changelog.
RealityKenyataan
Still called a draftNo deadlineRealityKenyataan
Not signed seven weeks laterNo deadlineRealityKenyataan
Still a draft as of 21 October 2026OpenDeadline 31 December 2026PromiseJanji
On the President's desk early 2026, out in the first halfEdwin Hidayat Abdullah, KomdigiSource Archived copyRealityKenyataan
Not issued in the first half of 2026. Still a draft as of 21 October 2026MissedDeadline 30 June 2026PromiseJanji
Roadmap and ethics guidelines launch that monthEdwin Hidayat Abdullah, KomdigiSource Archived copyRealityKenyataan
Not launched as a binding rule that month. Both are still drafts as of 21 October 2026MissedDeadline 30 September 2025RealityKenyataan
No roadmap issued in June 2025. Still a draft as of 21 October 2026MissedDeadline 30 June 2025RealityKenyataan
No binding AI rule issued. Still a draft as of 21 October 2026MissedDeadline 30 April 2025
Read the entry on why the rules keep almost arriving
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