Natuna Youth Forum Fully Supports PP Tunas Regulation
Natuna (ANTARA) - The Natuna Youth Forum (FAN) of Natuna Regency, Riau Islands Province, fully supports the Government Regulation on Child Governance and Protection in the Digital Space (PP Tunas), as it is deemed capable of protecting children from the dangers of the online world.
FAN Chairman Muhammad Raffi Alfitra, when contacted from Natuna on Sunday, expressed his delight at the issuance of the policy.
He assessed that PP Tunas serves as evidence of the state’s seriousness in guaranteeing children’s rights to protection in the digital space, which is increasingly generating negative impacts, such as pornography, cybercrimes like cyberbullying, sexual harassment, and online fraud.
However, he continued, restrictions on social media account ownership must also be balanced with solutions or alternatives that favour children. This is because the digital space is also needed by children to access positive information.
Therefore, Raffi suggested that the government create a safe and child-friendly digital space for them.
The safe digital space in question consists of platforms containing information suitable for children, in line with their stages of growth and development, so that they become a generation ready to compete and advance the nation in the future.
In addition, the government also needs to increase programmes and activities for children as a forum for children to create, so that their time can be utilised for positive activities, one of which is honing skills.
Besides the government, parents must also play a role to ensure the regulation is effectively implemented. Parents, he said, are the frontline in supervising and educating children in the digital space.
According to him, parents must regulate gadget usage time, monitor the content consumed by children, and build dialogues about internet safety, so that the rules do not become mere formalities.
“It cannot be denied that time continues to move forward and we, the children, will become leaders in the future. We must be responsive and understand technology. Therefore, I hope the government offers other alternatives through child platforms, perhaps like YouTube Kids, TikTok Kids, and so on,” he stated.