Pramono Will Limit Access To Jakarta Students Watching Violent Content, DPRD Asks Provincial Government To Coordinate With Komdigi

Toy weapons were found after the explosion at SMAN 72 Jakarta on November 7, 2025. (IST)

JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission E of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, M. Thamrin, responded to the discourse of the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Pramono Anung, who wanted to limit the access of school students in Jakarta to watch violent content on social media. This is the aftermath of the bomb explosion case at SMA Negeri 72 Jakarta which occurred on 7 November.

From this discourse, Thamrin asked the provincial government not to move alone and coordinate with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi). According to him, restriction of access to harmful content requires a mature technical mechanism, so as not to burden schools as implementers in the field.

"Supporting the local government to coordinate with Kominfo, digital platform providers such as YouTube, as well as digital security experts, so that the filtering mechanism is based on standards and does not burden schools," Thamrin told reporters, Wednesday, November 19.

He considered that without this coordination, policies could run ineffectively or even lead to different interpretations in each education unit.

Thamrin also emphasized that content restrictions must be accompanied by overall digital literacy education. According to him, digital filters are only the first step, while behavioral changes require a long-term mentoring process.

"I encourage this effort not only to stop at the content filter, but also to be accompanied by digital literacy education for students, teachers, and parents. Filters can help, but behavioral changes only occur through education," he said.

In addition to filtering content, Commission E assesses that schools need to strengthen psychological support for students. Given, viral violent content often leads to imitating actions, especially in teenagers with certain vulnerabilities.

"There must be a program of coaching, counseling, and psychological assistance in schools to prevent destructive actions that may be inspired by digital content," Thamrin said.

"We at the DPRD will oversee that this regulation has a strong legal basis, a clear monitoring mechanism, and does not cause gaps in abuse of authority," he continued.

Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung revealed that the DKI Provincial Government and the Education Office were formulating additional policies to prevent similar incidents from recurring. One of the focuses is limiting students' access to digital content that can encourage dangerous actions.

"Now it is being formulated by the Education Office so that not all children easily see events or events like those on YouTube which then inspire our children to do what happened in SMA 72," said Pramono, Tuesday, November 18.

Currently, teaching and learning activities at SMAN 72 Jakarta have returned to normal after the explosion incident that occurred some time ago. The majority of students have returned to school to take part in face-to-face learning.

"Yesterday we also communicated with the Education Office. Now thank God at SMAN 72, the teaching and learning process has indeed been running normally," said Pramono.

Although school activities are gradually recovering, Pramono admits that the physical presence of students has not fully returned to its maximum. Some students are still carrying out distance learning due to trauma or during a recovery period.

"Indeed, not all of them were present physically. There are still some who may then be because yesterday there was trauma, injury, and so on who did it online. However, the whole thing has gone well," he said.