President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reassured on Tuesday that the recently passed publishers' rights rule by the government need not concern social media influencers and content producers that use international digital platforms.
During his speech on National Press Day, the President made it clear that content producers could carry on working on international tech platforms without any hindrances because the presidential rule mostly concerns the platforms' relationships with media organizations.
"I want to make clear that content creators will not be impacted by this new rule [...]. Feel free to carry on as that is not a problem," Jokowi said.
Jokowi approved the long anticipated presidential decree earlier this week that requires internet behemoths like Google and Meta to pay local media firms for news information that appears on their platforms.
With the adoption of comparable publishers' rights laws by nations like Australia and Canada, Indonesia now aligns itself with them.
The August implementation date of the presidential rule allows media businesses to negotiate compensated licencing, revenue sharing, and data exchange with tech platforms.
President Jokowi underlined in his speech on National Press Day that the new law protects press freedom and concentrates only on the business ties between internet companies and media organizations.
Press Council chair Nina Rahayu said separately that she was hopeful that the new rule would help small- and medium-sized media companies, which at the moment have little negotiating power with large international internet companies.
"This new regulation offers an opportunity to collaborate with Big Tech companies for small and medium-sized media companies, particularly those validated by the press council," said Nina.President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reassured on Tuesday that the recently passed publishers' rights rule by the government need not concern social media influencers and content producers that use international digital platforms.
During his speech on National Press Day, the President made it clear that content producers could carry on working on international tech platforms without any hindrances because the presidential rule mostly concerns the platforms' relationships with media organizations.
"I want to make clear that content creators will not be impacted by this new rule [...]. Feel free to carry on as that is not a problem," Jokowi said.
Jokowi approved the long anticipated presidential decree earlier this week that requires internet behemoths like Google and Meta to pay local media firms for news information that appears on their platforms.
With the adoption of comparable publishers' rights laws by nations like Australia and Canada, Indonesia now aligns itself with them.
The August implementation date of the presidential rule allows media businesses to negotiate compensated licencing, revenue sharing, and data exchange with tech platforms.
President Jokowi underlined in his speech on National Press Day that the new law protects press freedom and concentrates only on the business ties between internet companies and media organizations.
Press Council chair Nina Rahayu said separately that she was hopeful that the new rule would help small- and medium-sized media companies, which at the moment have little negotiating power with large international internet companies.
"This new regulation offers an opportunity to collaborate with Big Tech companies for small and medium-sized media companies, particularly those validated by the press council," said Nina.