Kemen PPPA: Parental Control Is Important To Prevent Online Pornography

Assistant Deputy for Child Services Requiring Special Protection (AMPK) of Kemen PPPA, Robert Parlindungan Sitinjak. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (Kemen PPPA) emphasizes the importance of parents' role in supervising the content that children access on the internet so that children avoid sexual violence in the digital realm.

"The PPPA Ministry conveys its concern that there are individuals who misuse the internet, one of which is online games to violate the law, especially threatening the safety and security of children. Currently, parents have an important role in self-censorship and strengthening digital literacy skills. Parents must have The awareness that using the internet incorrectly is not playing games with danger for the future of children," said Assistant Deputy for Child Services in Need of Special Protection (AMPK) at the Ministry of PPPA Robert Parlindungan Sitinjak in a press release, reported by Antara, Jakarta, Wednesday, December 1 in response to cases of child pornography through online games revealed by investigators of the Directorate of Cyber ​​Crimes at the National Police-Criminal Investigation Agency.

He said parents need to develop digital parenting to prevent violence, especially education on preventing sexual violence against children through the internet.

Digital parenting is dialogical supervision and assistance for children by building a discussion room with children so that children can understand the impact of content on their mental, physical and mental health.

In addition to the role of parents, Robert sees the need for education and involvement of children to report content on the internet that is unsafe or inappropriate for children to access.

"We have done this report through various complaint platforms or can also use the report feature on social media. In addition, we have a service hotline for Friends of Women and Children (SAPA) 129 or Whatsapp [phone]," he said.

To prevent the recurrence of pornography cases in the digital realm, the Ministry of PPPA in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Information, KPAI, the National Narcotics Agency, the Witness and Victim Protection Agency, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Child Protection Observer Organizations are currently developing a roadmap for child protection in the online realm. as an effort to fulfill the right to protection for Indonesian children.

Robert emphasized that the roadmap for child protection is important to be completed immediately in order to encourage the formation of regulations that pay more attention to the interests of children, especially in the online realm.

"The PPPA Ministry is in the process of compiling a roadmap for child protection in the online realm to be a guideline that must be obeyed, guided, and used as a reference by all ministries/agencies, the business world, academia, the community, and all stakeholders in efforts to prevent and handle violence against children in the public sector. online," he said.