JAKARTA - After being blocked, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that it had completed the administrative registration process for the Wikipedia application as an Electronic System Operator (PSE) in Indonesia on April 30, 2026.
This step is carried out as a form of compliance with the policies in Indonesia, which are contained in Government Regulation No. 71 of 2019 and Minister of Communication and Information Regulation No. 5 of 2020.
In its official statement, Wikimedia said that the continued process for website registration would still be carried out with the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi), although it had experienced delays due to technical problems with the registration system.
Announcement:
Today, the Wikimedia Foundation (the non-profit foundation that hosts Wikipedia) completed the administrative registration process as an Electronic System Operator (PSE).
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— Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia (@idwiki) April 30, 2026
"The Wikimedia Foundation has been in discussions with the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) since the beginning of this year to explain the unique community-based content moderation model on the Wikimedia platform, as well as to convey our concerns about user privacy and editorial freedom and the preservation of the Wikimedia project governance model run by volunteers," he wrote in a statement shared on X.
As part of the process, Komdigi is said to have provided a written guarantee to the Wikimedia Foundation's legal team, which confirmed that PSE registration would not be used as a legal basis to force content moderation or data disclosure requests that could undermine the Wikimedia community management model.
"This registration cannot be used as a legal basis for content moderation or data disclosure that could undermine the Wikimedia model managed by the community," he continued.
Furthermore, Wikimedia ensures that this registration will not change the internal legal review process that has been applied.
They said that every request for content removal or data access would still be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with applicable legal procedures and in reference to international human rights standards.
"The Wikimedia Foundation continues to be committed to ensuring that any legal order we process is legally valid, enforceable by the Wikimedia Foundation, and not an abuse of the legal process," he said.
The company also reiterated that this registration will not have any additional impact on the activities of contributors in Wikimedia projects.
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