May 8, 2025
JAKARTA – Journalist associations have called for authorities to ensure a level playing field between local media companies and global digital platforms through stronger national-level regulations, as mass layoffs continue to ravage local firms.
On Monday, House of Representatives Commission I overseeing communications and information held a meeting with the government-backed Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI), the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) and the Indonesian Video Streaming Association (AVISI) to hear their concerns about the state of local media.
Agus Sudibyo of the PWI blamed the lack of policies regulating global digital platforms that he said…