Anticipating Digital Crime, People Are Asked Not To Disband Personal Data On Social Media

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Deputy Minister of Communication and Information, Nezar Patria, asked the public not to disclose personal data on social media because they are vulnerable to misuse.

He considered that although the government had implemented the National Digital Literacy Movement with one of its pillars, namely digital security, efforts to raise awareness in protecting personal data required the support of all parties.

"Our awareness of this privacy data is also important, not all personal data must be shared, both on Facebook, and on Google, and anywhere else, because it is also misused," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, August 27.

This was conveyed by him at the Millennial Santri Digital Literacy event in Pekalongan Regency, Central Java, last Saturday.

The Deputy Minister of Communication and Information stated that people who have good digital literacy will be careful in sharing and receiving information through social media.

According to him, there are many examples of victims of criminal acts of trafficking in persons resulting from carelessness in protecting personal data.

"This starts with personal data that is too publicized, then they (criminals) do profiling, he knows this person wants to find work, wants all kinds of things, finally he really makes micro targets for people like this," he said.

Nezar said artificial intelligence technology could work because it was given input in the form of very large amounts of data (big data) from various sources.

"This Artificial Intelligence is the food for data, big data, so this big data is processed, the model is then made, then the algorithm is prepared for increasing decision," he said.

Therefore, he asked the public to be vigilant when interacting with newly known people through digital platforms.

In terms of regulations, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics will continue to monitor the development of artificial intelligence technology to formulate appropriate regulations.

"The Ministry of Communication and Informatics is trying to monitor, we don't want to carry out a regulation that hinders innovations," he said.

Nezar added that the Personal Data Protection Act has not accommodated the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, but the derivative rules in the form of Presidential Regulations will regulate the security of personal data for the purposes of artificial intelligence.