Indonesia Netizen Facts (July - September 2016). For Bahasa Indonesia, read here http://www.slideshare.net/internetsehat/netizen-indonesia-kini-juli-september2016

1. INDONESIA
URGENTLY NEEDS
REGULATION ON
PRIVATE DATA
PROTECTION
Indonesia needs to prioritize
effortsonpreparingtheappropriate
laws and regulations in order to
respond to the emerging
violation of privacy on the
internet. Such was the response of
50.8% of 600 respondents of
the Indonesian Netizen Perspective
Survey on Internet Privacy. At
second rank, 24.5% respondents
chose to improve advocacy
and education to the community
to address the same question.
When they were asked about
the current situation of regulation
on private data protection,
particularly the online privacy
in Indonesia, three answers
dominated the list: 54.5% said
“it exists but very weak”, 21%
answered “none at all”, and
13.5% answered “don’t know”.
In fact, Indonesia doesn’t have
yet any integrated and
comprehensive Law on Private
Data Protection. The data from
ELSAM (http://s.id/elsampdp)
suggests that there are at least
30 regulations on specific
sectors, each of which recognizes
private data’s existence. The
regulations cover human rights,
telecommunication media, defense
and security, judiciary, health,
demography, trade and industry,
as well as economy, including
banking system. The immense
amount of regulations causes
overlapping of mechanism and
authority in conducting protection
of private data.
The survey was conducted
online for two months since
20 April 2016 by the Cyber Law
regulation on private data protection in Indonesia
VERY
WEAK
54,5%
NONE
AT ALL
21 %
DON’T
KNOW
13,5%
Center of Padjajaran University’s
Faculty of Law together with
ICT Watch, supported by Citizen
Lab, Universiy of Toronto. The
full survey result will be open
to be accessed by public
on 20 August 2016 at
http://s.id/surveiprivasi.
The immense amount of regulations causes overlapping of
mechanism and authority in conducting protection of
private data.
(Elsam.or.id)
(Illustration)
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2. The Ministry of Communication
and Informatics and Kibar
initiated a national movement
to boost the number of
Indonesian technopreneur named
as the Gerakan Nasional 1000
Startup Digital (National
Movement for 1000 Digital
Startups). This movement will
be launched in ten major
Indonesian cities, namely Jakarta,
Bandung, Surabaya, Yogyakarta,
Semarang, Malang, Medan, Bali,
Makassar, and Pontianak.
The government expects the
movement to boost the number
of digital startups and create
more opportunity for business
entities working in digital
economy to utilize various
opportunities arising from
technological development.
Furthermore, the movement is
expected to trigger the
emergence of citizens with
entrepreneurship spirit that is
based on technology, a.k.a.
technopreneurship.
Technopreneurship is represented
by a society who is not only
hardworking, but also adheres
to the right mindset; A
visionary mindset that comes
together with sincerity to solve
the existing social problems.
Technopreneurship mindset
must be cultivated into all
parts of Indonesia in order to
create solution for various problems
in each region with their
respective context.
The emergence of technopreneurs
hopefully will lead the rise of a
healthy digital ecosystem. That
is, an ecosystem that emphasizes
on collaboration between
elements that include government,
industry actors, academics,
media, and community.
MOBILIZING
INDONESIAN
TECHNOPRENEURS:
WHAT TO FIND?
ANATOMY OF A TECHNOPRENEUR
HEARTBRAINMUSCLE
Willing to work hard.
Gathering power through
collaboration. The
embodiment of the spirit of
gotong royong.
Smart and intelligent. Able to
make use of current technology
and anticipate new development.
Innovative.
Cares about other people, not
only of self. Willing to consider
the impact. Is not ignorant of
their surroundings.
Kick off for the "Gerakan Nasional 1000 Startup Digital" at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics,
June 17th 2016.
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3. The importance of multistakeholder
cooperation to promote digital
literacy in order to protect
children on the internet was
reiterated in the IGF 2016 in
Joao Pessoa, in a workshop
entitled Child Online Protection
through Multistakeholder
Engagement. The workshop
discussed about how to cultivate
the proper habit of using internet
in children, thereby enabling
them to avoid its negative
impacts. In another workshop
entitled “Child Online Protection:
The Road Ahead” in WSIS
Forum 2016, Geneve, the UN
also stated that “everyone is
involved and no one is immune”.
In the parents’ guide entitled
‘What is the 21st Century Learning
and Citizenship All About?
Education for A Changing World –
A Parents’ Guide for 21st Century
Learning and Citizenship’, it is
stated that students who are
digital literated tend to understand
their online rights and duties.
This will in turn enable them to
identify benefits and risks, as
well as being aware of the
implication of their actions in
digital world both to themselves
and ethically, as well as being
empowered to be a smart and
effective actor in digital world.
The Minister of Education and
Culture, Anies Baswedan, and
Minister of Communication and
Informatics, Rudiantara, also
iterated about the above idea
in the Seminar on Digital
Literacy held in the Ministry of
Education and Culture Office,
Senayan, South Jakarta, on
Saturday, June 4 2016.
Anies Baswedan argued that
KEY TO DIGITAL
LITERACY:
ANTICIPATE CHANGE,
DON’T BE PHOBIC!
The biggest challenge today is to educate parents and
teachers in implementing digital literacy to children
currently, parents bear the
responsibility to anticipate future
changes, the form of which
even remains unclear today. “It
is important for us to promote
digital opportunity (to children
and students). The biggest
challenge today is to educate
parents and teachers in
implementing digital literacy to
children,” he added.
Similar idea was also reiterated
by Rudiantara. “Don’t be
phobic with digital technology
development. You can find
both good and bad things on
the internet,” he said. However,
he further said, “parents and
teachers must not worry. In
contrast, it is us who have to be
able to select the positive
aspects of technology, particularly
for education sector,” he affirmed.
Both ministers agreed that
community must be able to
implement ‘healthy internet’ as
well as introduce positive
digital literacy to the children.
The Digital Literacy Seminar is
a collaboration between
Gemala Ananda School, ICT
Watch, Yayasan Sejiwa, and
Think Web, under the support
of the Ministry of Education
and Culture and Ministry of
Communication and Information.
Anies Baswedan and Rudiantara with students of Gemala Ananda school, after digital
literacy talkshow, in Jakarta (August 17th 2016).
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4. Every Ramadhan, ICT Watch holds a roadshow entitled Ngabubur-IT. This year, it was held in 4 cities,
namely Bandung, Surabaya, Banda Aceh, and Pemalang. The topic of the 2016 Ngabubur-IT, which
was attended by 300 participants, was “The Importance of Digital Literacy”. A number of partners
supported the roadshow, including the Relawan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (Volunteers for
Information and Communication Technology/RTIK) both from national and regional level (Bandung,
Pemalang, Surabaya, and Banda Aceh), as well as Komunitas Kopdar Surabaya, Sare Community
Aceh, Qwords Indonesia, and Telkomsel Indonesia.
The kick-off of the National Movement for
1000 Digital Startups was held on June 17 2016
in a ceremony in the Ministry of Communication
and Informatics Office, attended by the
Minister of CI, Rudiantara, Head of Creative
Economic Agency, Triawan Munaf, and
representatives from academics, community,
industry actors and media.
Roadmap for Child Protection on Internet. The Directorate
General of Informatics Application, Ministry of Communication
and Information held the first round discussion for the
preparation of Roadmap for Child Protection on Internet on
July 24 2016 in Bogor City. The event was attended by
20 child safety and protection activists, some of whom are
part of Indonesia Child Online Protection (ID-COP).
During the discussion, several baseline mappings were
conducted concerning 4 (four) things: government
policy, practice and availability of education materials,
case handling, as well as multistakeholder cooperation.
DIGITAL LITERACY ROADSHOW, RAMADHAN 2016
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