Everything You Need To Know About Google's Efforts To Create Peaceful Elections 2024

Google Indonesia #YukPahamiPemilu Event (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - As an effort to make the 2024 Peace Election a success, Google and YouTube Indonesia have formed several partnerships and present many new products to eradicate political hoaxes on their platforms.

The following are all announcements during the Google Indonesia #YukPahamiPemilu event which was held on Wednesday, September 20.

Providing credible information

To help voters get the latest information and get to know the candidates better, Google presents:

Cooperation with local partners

To improve local community skills that are less served with digital literacy capabilities, Google.org, Google's philanthropic organization, will continue to support the Indonesian Anti-Slander Society (MAFINDO) with a grant worth USD 2.5 million (IDR 38.4 billion) to increase the coverage of the Tular Narar program.

The main focus of this program is to provide facilities and equip vulnerable groups, such as young people and the elderly, to be able to identify misinformation, hoaxes, and hate speech ahead of the election.

Campaign

Google Indonesia and Jumble partnered with the General Elections Commission (KPU), the General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), Moonshot, Internet Lab Safer (SAIL), Fact Check, Media Narrative, and Vindes Corp in launching the #RecheckBeforeKegocek campaign to help Indonesians build mental models and become more resilient in the face of misinformation and disinformation.

On the other hand, YouTube is also collaborating with Think Policy and What is Up Indonesia through the #HitPause campaign to remind the Indonesian people of the tactics that must be understood to deal with misinformation.