Gibran Talks About Free Fire: There Is An Inappropriate Scene Played By Children

Gibran Rakabuming Raka gave a statement to reporters in Solo, Central Java, Tuesday (7/5/2024). ANTARA/Aris Wasita

Elected Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka stated that the use of games requires a level of age so as not to cause a dangerous impact.

"I think there need to be age levels, rating. The games are also available," said Gibran as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 7.

This was conveyed in response to the statement of the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno who assessed that the impact of online games caused violence or violence and was also addicted to children.

Gibran mentioned one of them, namely the Free Fire gameline. Related to this, according to Gibran, there are games for adults that contain violence.

"There are scenes that children may not deserve to play," he said.

Therefore, he hopes that in the future the regulations governing the game can be further tightened. However, he does not want these regulations to limit the creativity of young people.

"Once again, we do not limit the creativity of young people, especially those who want to join or become e-sport athletes. We also need to support this," said Gibran.

Gibran said that in the future there needs to be a strengthening of monitoring, especially in children. "Let children play games according to their age," said Gibran.

Meanwhile, regarding cooperation with game platforms, according to Gibran, in the future it will be strengthened.

"We already have cooperation with Garena. That's a Free Fire game, Call Of Duty, and others. There must be reinforcement there. The point is that we support the creativity of young people, we support e-sport activists., "said Gibran.