Tangerang Mayor: PP Tunas Protects Children from Negative Content

Tangerang (ANTARA) - Tangerang Mayor Sachrudin stated that the presence of PP Tunas is intended to protect children from negative content on social media. “We welcome it well, because PP Tunas provides protection and this must be discussed together to restrict children from being influenced by inappropriate content,” he said in Tangerang on Tuesday. He explained that the future of children needs to be protected from digital developments that have negative impacts. Moreover, many children are already dependent on gadgets and find it difficult to interact socially. Therefore, following the introduction of PP Tunas, the Tangerang City Government will conduct discussions to create policies and regulations at the local level regarding its implementation. “We will immediately discuss it together with relevant agencies so that it can be implemented to provide protection to the future generation,” he said. Services can be provided directly or through telephone connections. He hopes that this service will become a forum for preventing the negative impacts of gadget use on children. Previously, the Minister of Communications and Digital (Menkomdigi) Meutya Hafid emphasised that the presence of PP Tunas is an urgency for Indonesia because it can safeguard privacy while protecting children in the digital space. This was conveyed in light of studies and legal cases that have occurred in other countries, where children’s data and privacy in the digital space are exploited and even monetised in unethical and irresponsible ways. “We have given birth to this regulation to protect children’s private data. Children’s private data is currently scattered across various social media platforms, and children do not yet know which data should or should not be displayed,” said Meutya.