The Ministry of Communication and Information will write to X regarding the pornographic content policy

Jakarta (MidLand) – The Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) will write to the management of

“We will write to X,” Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Nezar Patria said in Jakarta on Friday.

Nezar said the ministry was discussing the implementation of Policy

According to Nezar, the Ministry of Communications and Information is still evaluating whether to block access

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The Ministry of Communication and Information will send an official letter to X’s management requesting that negative content cannot be published or displayed on X’s timeline in Indonesia.

“Maybe specifically for content included in our negative content, they may not be published or appear in them timeline in Indonesia,” Nezar said.

He also presented several tools that can be used to block illegal content on social media, including community guidelines on platforms and platforms’ internal mechanisms to ensure compliance with regulations in user countries, including Indonesia.

Besides that, according to him, the government can act in accordance with the existing law if social media platforms do not follow the norms that have become a national consensus.

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X announced a new policy that allows users to upload immoral content. The new policy was widely discussed after X updated information in its help center at the end of May 2024.

In your service center,

For account holders who are under the age of 18 and who have not entered their birth details in their profile, X ensures that you cannot access adult content on its platform.

In Indonesia, regulations relating to the distribution of immoral content are, among other things, contained in Article 27, paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2024 Concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 Concerning Information and Transactions electronic.

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Reporter: Fathur Rochman
Publisher: Maryati
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