Together With Other Ministries, Kominfo Will Take Firm Action Against Illegal E-commerce And Fintech

Minister of Communication and Information Johnny G. Plate (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G. Plate, stated that his party will strengthen cooperation and collaboration between ministries and institutions as well as partners in maintaining a healthy and productive digital space. This commitment was carried out by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics by taking down illegal e-commerce and financial technology (fintech) platforms.

"The point is that we are also a clean digital space. If it is not clean, we will definitely take it down," he said at the Central Jakarta Ministry of Communication and Informatics, quoted on Saturday 9 April.

According to Minister Johnny, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics cooperates with the Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency (CoFTRA) of the Ministry of Trade to take firm action against illegal e-commerce.

"The cooperation between Kominfo and Bapperti is close, we have done a lot of takedowns," he explained.

The Minister of Communication and Information hopes that the public will participate in maintaining the digital space so that it is not filled with unauthorized or illegal content or platforms.

"I certainly hope that the digital space we have prepared is not filled with illegal e-commerce, illegal fintech, no. Let's use it for legal e-commerce to build our economy and build our digital economy," he said.

According to Minister Johnny, currently every citizen can be more selective by using legal fintech supervised by state institutions. This will enable digital banking and develop e-commerce platforms.

"Let's use it for legal fintech in the context of digital banking, cashless banking which is really good and provides support for our healthy economy and financing or our healthy financial sector," he said.