TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsGovt considers taking steps to protect mainstream media
Indonesian press and the mainstream media in the country have struggled financially for years amid the domination of global platforms that monopolize the production and distribution of information.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai delivers a presentation on Feb. 5, 2025, during a meeting with House of Representatives Commission XIII overseeing human rights affairs, at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta. (Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga)
T
he Human Rights Ministry is considering efforts to protect the sustainability of mainstream media amid the domination of digital platforms, including social media, in fulfilling people’s demand of information.
Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai said that preserving the rights of the Indonesian media is paramount to preserving human rights and protecting civilization since the press has been a critical actor in the fight for human rights in the country.
He said he would hold a dialogue with the Press Council that could recommend the necessary steps that could be formalized in regulations to protect the business sustainability of media industry.
“In regulations, laws concerning human rights that we will produce with the House of Representatives this year, we could put [stipulations] that could ensure the sustainability of the Indonesian press,” Natalius said on Wednesday during an event in Jakarta.
Indonesian press and the mainstream media in the country have found themselves in financial trouble in the past few years amid the domination of global platforms that monopolize the production and distribution of information.
Newspapers have experienced a decline in circulation, many of which have ended in closing down for good, while digital businesses have yet to pick up as news and information have been largely available for free on digital platforms.
Following in the steps of Australia, the government, in support of the Indonesian press, issued Presidential Regulation No. 32/2024 on platform responsibility for quality journalism, also known as the publisher rights policy. The regulation has mandated digital platforms to pay news publishers for distributing news and information that they produce on their platforms.
