Indonesia asks Google to support online child protection
Indonesia’s Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid has called on Google to support the Indonesian government's efforts to protect children in the digital space.
Indonesia's Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid (left) met with YouTube's vice president of public policy, Leslie Miller, at Google's Paris office in France on February 9, 2025. (Photo: ANTARA)
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid visited the Google Office in Paris, France, asking the technology company to support the Indonesian government's efforts to protect children in the digital space.
During a meeting with vice president of YouTube public policy Leslie Miller, Hafid invited Google to work with the Indonesian government to provide a safer digital environment and space for children.
In a statement released on February 11, the minister affirmed that Indonesia will implement stricter regulations to protect children from exposure to dangerous content such as child pornography and online gambling
She added that currently, the Indonesian government is preparing the regulation to address the issue of child pornography and the impact of online gambling on children.
💦 According to data from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Indonesia is among the top four countries with the highest cases of child pornography globally.
Meanwhile, a report from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has shown that the number of online gambling players under the age of 10 has reached 80,000, accounting for around 2% of all players in Indonesia./.
Indonesia's antitrust agency, KPPU, announced on January 22 that it has imposed a fine of 202.5 billion IDR (12.5 million USD) on Google for abusing its dominant market position to force local app developers to use its payment system services for the Google Play Store.
The latest report by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company, projects that Indonesia's digital economy will reach a Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of 90 billion USD in 2024, an annual increase of 13% and the largest figure in Southeast Asia.
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