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        "id": 1716744,
        "msgid": "bnpt-terrorism-activities-now-massive-in-digital-space-1777888507",
        "date": "2026-05-04 15:34:10",
        "title": "BNPT: Terrorism Activities Now Massive in Digital Space",
        "author": "Ardito Ramadhan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The Head of Indonesia's National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), Eddy Hartono, has highlighted the increasing use of digital platforms by terrorist networks for recruitment, propaganda, and funding, particularly targeting vulnerable groups like children through social media and online games. To counter this, the agency is collaborating with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs to prevent radicalisation via algorithms and has introduced Presidential Regulation No. 8 of 2026 on the National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Leading to Terrorism (RAN PE) for 2026-2029, integrated into the Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2025-2029. Over the past three years, authorities have thwarted 28 planned attacks thanks to legal reforms that criminalise preparatory acts, emphasising the need for cross-sector collaboration to enhance national security.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The Head of the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT),\nEddy Hartono, has revealed that activities by terrorist networks are now\nincreasingly conducted on a massive scale through the digital space,\nfrom recruitment to funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are three things done by terrorist networks, even sympathisers\nof terrorist networks. Those three things. First, recruitment; second,\npropaganda; third, terrorist funding. Now, this is being done massively\nthrough the digital space,\u201d said Eddy when contacted by Kompas.com on\nMonday (4\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>He explained that technological advancements have made the spread of\nradical ideologies faster and wider, including targeting vulnerable\ngroups such as children via social media and online games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we collaborated with the Minister of Communication and\nDigital Affairs recently, so that from the beginning of last year, we\ncould prevent radicalisation of children through algorithms, both on\nsocial media and online games,\u201d said Eddy.<\/p>\n<p>Eddy added that strengthening prevention efforts is also being\ncarried out through Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No.\u00a08 of 2026 on\nthe National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism\nLeading to Terrorism (RAN PE) for the period 2026-2029.<\/p>\n<p>In that regulation, prevention covers three main aspects: national\npreparedness, counter-radicalisation, and deradicalisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, it is now included in the RPJMN, the Medium-Term\nDevelopment Plan 2025-2029, where we have four priority activities,\u201d\nrevealed Eddy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first activity is synergy in defence and security to carry out\nprevention. So, the RAN PE is connected and included in the law, and\nthen in the RPJMN,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Besides that, Eddy mentioned that there have been 28 planned\nterrorist attacks prevented by law enforcement and intelligence agencies\nin the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that this success is inseparable from regulatory changes\nthat allow action from the planning stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy? Preparatory acts are already included in criminal law norms. In\nLaw No.\u00a05, the anti-terrorism law, preparatory acts are already included\nin criminal law norms,\u201d said Eddy.<\/p>\n<p>Eddy emphasised that countering terrorism requires cross-sector\ncollaboration, including with law enforcement agencies such as the\nNational Police\u2019s Densus 88 Anti-Terror Unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President emphasises synergy and collaboration. So, insha\u2019Allah,\nwith synergy and collaboration, all obstacles and challenges can be\novercome,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bnpt-terrorism-activities-now-massive-in-digital-space-1777888507",
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