Wamenkominfo Emphasizes People Don't Feed AI by Sharing Personal Data on Social Media

JAKARTA - Realizing that they are prone to being misused, Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics (Wamenkominfo) Nezar Patria asked the Indonesian people not to share all kinds of personal data on social media (social media).

"Our awareness about data privacy is also important, not all personal data has to be disclosed, either on Facebook, or on Google, or anywhere else, for whatever reason, because a lot of it is misused," said Nezar in his official statement, quoted Monday, August 28.

According to him, even though the government has implemented the Digital Literacy National Movement with one of the pillars of digital safety, efforts are also needed to increase awareness in protecting personal data with the support of all parties.

Nezar added, people who have good digital literacy will be careful in sharing and receiving information via social media.

He gave an example, many victims of criminal acts of trafficking in persons result from carelessness in protecting personal data.

"This started with personal data that was overly disclosed, then they (bad actors) did profiling, he knew this person wanted to find a job, what he wanted, in the end he actually made micro-targeting for people like this," said Nezar .

In addition, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology can also work because it is given input in the form of a large amount of data (big data) from various sources.

"Artificial Intelligence feeds on data, big data, so this big data is processed, which is then modeled, then the algorithm is developed for decision making," explained Nezar.

It is hoped that Nezar will be vigilant when interacting with people he just met through digital platforms.

Meanwhile, from a regulatory perspective, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics will also continue to monitor developments in AI technology to formulate appropriate regulations.

"The Ministry of Communication and Informatics is trying to monitor, we don't want to make a regulation that hinders innovations," said Nezar.

According to Nezar, the Personal Data Protection Law has not yet accommodated the rapid development of AI technology.

"However, a derivative regulation in the form of a Presidential Regulation will regulate the security of personal data for artificial intelligence purposes," concluded Nezar.