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New rule to require Google, Meta to prioritize verified news outlets
The regulation also pushes for business relations between media companies and digital platforms, which could include financial compensation.
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A journalist walks past the Press Council Building on Jl. Kebon Sirih in Central Jakarta on Feb. 6, 2017. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he Communications and Information Ministry submitted a draft presidential regulation on media sustainability to the State Secretariat on Monday for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo’s consideration and signing.
The ministry said the planned regulation would require digital platforms, including Google and Meta, to prioritize news from media outlets verified by the Press Council and to take down news that was not in accordance with the Press Law or journalistic ethics from their search engines and other features.
"Yes, [both of those obligations] are included. We submitted the draft of the bill this afternoon," Usman Kansong, the ministry's director general for information and public communication, told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
The July 13 draft of the regulation seen by the Post also requires digital platforms to share some limited data with media companies, including the demographics of readers.
The proposal also requires tech platforms’ algorithms to follow applicable laws.
Usman said the regulation pushed for business relations between media companies and digital platforms, which could include financial compensation.
According to the July 13 draft, this could take the form of paid licensing, revenue sharing or other types of partnerships agreed upon by the two parties. Tech platforms must strike a deal with local media outlets before using their content.
