- The Minister of Communication and Information Technology ("Minister"), Budi Arie Setiadi, has stated that a draft regulation that will specifically address publishers’ rights ("Draft Regulation") is complete and is now awaiting approval from President Joko Widodo. The Minister has also confirmed that the Draft Regulation has incorporated suggestions from the media regarding issues related to algorithms, advertising and other related areas.
- Meanwhile, the Vice-Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Nezar Patria, has further elaborated that three main issues are currently under discussion regarding the Draft Regulation, specifically: 1) A business-to-business cooperation scheme; 2) The utilization of data; and 3) Algorithms used by digital platforms.
- In general, the Draft Regulation set rules that will hopefully ensure that global digital platforms such as Google, Instagram and Facebook provide equal feedback on news content produced by local and national media. As a result, Indonesian mass media outlets will be guaranteed the right to have their content disseminated through various digital global platforms.
- For more on this story, see Hukumonline: "Aturan Publisher Rights Tinggal Tunggu Penetapan Presiden".
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