Deputy V chief of the KSP Jaleswari Pramowardhani stated that the dynamics in public responses to the electronic system providers encouraged putting in place a positive transformation policy and to support national digital sovereignty.
"With such regulation, the state can conduct management and monitoring of electronic system providers that maintain the citizens' personal data," Pramowardhani stated during a coordination meeting with the Communication and Informatics Ministry at the Bina Graha Building here on Friday.
The registration obligation for private electronic system providers was stipulated in Communication and Informatics Ministry's Regulation Number 5 of 2020 on Private Electronic System Providers.
The government has obligated private electronic system providers to register on the national digital system managed by them, as a measure to maintain national cybersecurity.
Pramowardhani noted that freedom of expression, protected by the Constitution, should be thoroughly comprehended.
She opined that people's personal data, which was accessed through several digital platforms, should be properly protected and secured.
"Do not allow it to be misused, (thereby) harming the users, being the general public. This regulation is what the government stressed in order to get all parties to be responsible," he affirmed.
Semuel A. Pangerapan, the Director General of Applications and Informatics at the Communication and Informatics Ministry, stated that implementation of the regulation on private electronic system providers had taken into account the legal, economic, security, and socio-cultural aspects, among others.
"Just like other democratic countries, it is still (necessary) to have regulations and management of cyberspace, which protects the interests of involved parties, either the general public or the providers that must be registered, so they can get protection from the government," Pangerapan stated.
She highlighted that the government had taken extensive measures to secure the cyberspace. As of July 28, 2022, the ministry had handled over 2.9 million pieces of negative content on the internet, such as violence against children, terrorism, and pornographic content shared across several sites and social media platforms.
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Translator: Mentari D G, Mecca Yumna
Editor: Sri Haryati
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