Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs urged electronic system providers to prioritize the protection of children in the digital space and ensure they are not targeted for commercial purposes.
Chair of the legal and cooperation team of the ministry's Digital Space Supervision Directorate General Secretariat, Josua Sitompul, made the appeal during a webinar, which was followed online from here on Thursday.
The step is deemed essential following the issuance of Government Regulation Number 17 of 2025 on the Governance of Electronic System Operation in Child Protection.
Sitompul underscored that the government regulation can protect children because all the responsibilities and prohibitions take the interests of children into account.
"In the context of interactions in cyberspace, we are currently in a hyper-connected situation ... In cyberspace, we need rules and laws just like in physical space. For that reason, the government regulation was issued," he said.
Currently, the government is preparing a joint decree of six ministers to enhance the dissemination of the Government Regulation on the Governance of Electronic System Operation in Child Protection.
Earlier, at the CIPS DigiWeek 2025 event, which was followed online from here on Wednesday, special staff to the Communication and Digital Affairs Minister, Aida Rezalina, emphasized the importance of massive dissemination of information regarding the regulation.
She said that the ministry is working to improve the understanding of communities in regions, including parents and teachers, about the regulation.
She informed that the regulation encourages parents to guide and monitor their children's online activities, and set limits that align with the children's growth.
Rezalina further said that the joint decree will likely be issued in July 2025 after all the coordination and alignment processes between ministries are wrapped up.
