Kominfo: Google and Other Unregistered PSE Won't Be Blocked Instantly on July 20
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19 July 2022 15:36 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Communications and Informatics Ministry's (Kominfo) director general for applications and informatics Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan said electronic system organizers (PSE) such as Google, Twitter, and Facebook that have not yet registered by July 20, 2022, would not be immediately blocked.
Semuel said they will instead face sanctions imposed on stages before being shut down. The sanctions are warning, administrative, and then blocking.
“We also help PSE who deals with problems by providing guidelines and assistants,” said Semuel during a press conference at the ministry's headquarters in Central Jakarta, Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
The re-registration of PSEs is mandated through Government Regulation No. 71 of 2019 on the implementation of electronic systems and transactions and Kominfo Ministry's Regulation No. 5 of 2020 on PSE and private spaces.
The ministry reported on its official page that 6,374 domestic PSE and 124 foreign PSE have registered as of Tuesday, July 19, at 13:00 WIB (western Indonesia time).
Meanwhile, the Head of Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network's (SAFEnet) Freedom of Expression Division, Nenden S. Arum, pointed out a number of vague articles in the ministry's regulation that have the potential to violate the public's right to access information.
On the other hand, Kominfo stated that mandatory registration is one of the government’s efforts to protect the public as consumers of private PSE and safeguard Indonesia's digital space.
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