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Ministry opts for ratings instead of blocking games with explicit content
The call for the ban originated from a request raised by the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI).
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BNI president director Royke Tumilaar (center), services and network director Ronny Venir and vice president director Adi Sulistyowati, along with other BNI and Telkomsel officials, watch the finale of the For Stronger Indonesia eSports tournament on Friday (7/15).
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he Communications and Information Ministry said it could not directly resort to blocking video games containing explicit content following calls for the ministry to do so.
Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi said game publishers must provide ratings and inform users if a game is for adults, adding that such an approach was similar to stipulations applied to movies.
“We regulate them through the game classifications,” Budi Arie told the reporters on Tuesday.
The Indonesian Child Protection Commission ( KPAI) has called for the takedown of online video games containing violence and pornography to safeguard children from their potential negative influences.
The commission pointed to a recent case of a child pornography ring in February, where perpetrators lured the victims through a mabar (play together) session, an activity where an initiator invites one person or more to play a game together online, as well as with gifts in the form of in-game currency and character cosmetics.
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Another case involved a 13-year-old boy who was murdered by his friend over a Rp 200,000 (US$14) debt to purchase a mobile game account in March, as reported by Kompas.com.
