The task force will also work to prevent the spread of unlawful content on social media ahead of the elections, which are scheduled to take place on February 14, 2024.
Director General of Public Information and Communication at the ministry, Usman Kansong, told ANTARA here on Saturday that the task force's formation is a follow-up to the cooperation between the ministry and Bawaslu, which is aimed at preventing, monitoring, and taking action against unlawful and negative contents on the internet.
According to the General Elections Commission's (KPU) Regulation Number 15 of 2023, general election participants can carry out political campaigns through maximally 20 accounts on every type of platform, which should firstly registered at the KPU.
There are three platforms that have expressed their commitment to supporting the goal of smart general elections in Indonesia: META, Twitter, and Google, Kansong informed.
Therefore, the appointed members of the task force can directly coordinate with the representatives of the three platforms if they find violations involving election-related content on social media.
Separately on Saturday, a member of Bawaslu's Division for Handling Violations and Information Data, Puadi, explained that for campaigns in the digital space, Bawaslu's role will be to examine various content suspected of violating the rules.
If the content is proven to have violated the rules, the agency will provide a recommendation to the Ministry of Communication and Informatics to take the content down or even, close the account, Puadi added.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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