Chairperson Of MPR: Publisher Rights Build National Digital Sovereignty

MPR Chairman Bambang Soesatyo /Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) RI Bambang Soesatyo views the concept of publisher rights, namely media processing rights and journalistic copyrights launched by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kominfo), as having an important role in building national sovereignty in the digital field. as the keynote speaker in the second session of the 2022 National Press Day National Mass Media Convention entitled "Equality of Responsibilities Between Global Platforms and National Media" which was held in a hybrid manner from Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, as monitored virtually from Jakarta, Monday 7 February. publisher rights are not only aimed at protecting the national press against global platform domination, but also more than that, publisher rights are an important element to build national sovereignty in the digital field," said Bambang Soesatyo. protect k edaulatan Indonesia. Through algorithmic engineering and big data analysis, companies can take advantage of global platforms to record people's behavior, and even analyze their political preferences and views, he said.

In certain aspects, it can be used as an intelligence operation that has the potential to undermine state sovereignty. Therefore, he also assessed that efforts to make a global domestic platform in Indonesia need to be carried out. "What we need now are strategic and careful steps to domesticate the global platform and reorganize its position and operations in Indonesia," he said. This effort, he added, can be interpreted that their existence must be a legal object that can be regulated and comply with the implementation of laws in Indonesia, operating within the reach of national law. , their position is equal to that of national business actors who have been obedient to various tax provisions, media regulations, and comply with applicable laws and regulations," said Bambang. healthy competition, creating a balance in am power relations, upholding the principle of equality before the law, as well as equalizing business positions in the same business area.