RRI.CO.ID, Jakarta - Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs, Meutya Hafid, stated that the government is now urging digital platform companies to be more transparent about their monitoring capacity, including the number of content moderators and control systems used to handle harmful content in Indonesia’s digital space.

Speaking during a working meeting with Commission I of the House of Representatives at the DPR RI Building in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Monday, May 18, 2026, Meutya said many digital platforms have so far failed to clearly explain their monitoring capabilities in addressing online gambling, pornography, health hoaxes, and disinformation circulating in Indonesia.

“We are demanding transparency and explanations regarding their monitoring resources. Until now, when we conduct inspections—for example with Meta—they have not been able to explain how many people they employ to monitor Indonesia’s digital space,” Meutya said in an official statement.

She revealed that the current compliance rate of platforms with government content moderation requests stands at only around 20 percent. This means that most government requests to remove problematic content are not promptly acted upon by digital platforms.

According to the Minister, this situation cannot continue, considering Indonesia represents one of the world’s largest digital markets. With a massive number of internet users, the government expects global platforms not only to treat Indonesia as a user market, but also to provide adequate monitoring systems.

She emphasized that weak platform oversight directly contributes to the spread of harmful content. The government has recorded a surge in online gambling content, deepfake pornography, digital fraud, and health misinformation, which are often addressed too slowly by platforms.

“This is an ongoing process. We continue pushing platforms to comply with these requirements, including establishing representative offices. At the moment, there are no formal regulations requiring platforms to set up representative offices specifically,” she explained.

Therefore, Meutya said the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs is currently considering additional regulations that would require global digital platforms to establish representative offices in Indonesia.

Such a move is considered important to enable faster coordination in handling harmful content without always depending on overseas headquarters. “We are also considering adding this requirement so platforms can communicate more quickly with the government, especially when urgent issues need attention, by having representative offices within the country,” she stated.

In addition to expanding platform oversight, the ministry continues to conduct daily cyber patrols in collaboration with various ministries and institutions to combat disinformation, digital radicalism, online gambling, and threats against children in digital spaces.