Press Release: National Digital Literacy Movement #SiBerkreasi Invites Netizen to Spread Positive Content Online

Jakarta, October 2, 2017 - Today, National Movement of Digital Literacy #SiBekreasi invited all elements of society and community to actively spread positive content on cyberspace. The event was attended by Minister of Communications and Informatics, Rudiantara, Director General of Informatics Applications, Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan; Chairman #SiBerkreasi, Dedy Permadi; Digital Literacy Observer, Nukman Lutfie; representatives of the digital literacy activist community.                     

This movement appeared from the anxiety of various elements of society to its size the potential threat of a dangerous spread of negative content in the world if not properly managed. Ministry of Informatics and Communications data records up to now there are more than 800 thousand websites in Indonesia indicated as spreading false news, hate speech, provocative content related to religion and ethnic sentiment, pornography, hoaxes, drugs, terrorism, and so on. Everyone, regardless of educational level can easily stuck with slander and inedible fake news and disseminate it through social media.

Negative content also triggers the emergence of cyberbullying. Of the 80% of Indonesians who using the internet, only 42% are aware of the dangers of cyberbullying. And everyone potentially victims, and perpetrators. (Research involves 400 respondents aged 10-19 years from 12 provinces in Indonesia. Source: Digital Citizenship Safety, UNICEF & Kemkominfo, 2012).

No less worried, all this negative content is potentially consumed by users the internet is 80% of which young people aged 10-29 years and 30 million of whom are children. The main problem in Indonesia is the rapid growth of internet users not followed by digital literacy or education on how to use it.

"The consequences of the inequality are now beginning to feel, ranging from the spread of news fake (hoax) that is troubling; rampant cyberbullying among young people; until at the issue of many hate speeches that wobble unity. In a family context, potential this danger also begins to be seen from the number of infants dependent on the device; decreased quality of social interaction due to dominance of digital conversations; social media contributed significantly to the causes of divorce; etc. This fact confirms, the need for digital literacy in Indonesia is very urgent and can not be delayed again. This effort can only be effective if we do it in a massive, systematic, and synergistic way. #Siberkreasi is presented to facilitate joint work of all components. So, the key is 'Working together', "said Dedy Permadi, Chairman of #SiBerkreasi Movement.

Minister of Communications and Informatics, Rudiantara, supports this movement #Siberkreasi "National Movement of Digital Literacy #Siberkreasi is the result of multi-stakeholder cooperation, starting from the community literacy activists, influencers, and governments. Aims to encourage people to create more positive content on the internet, reduce and counter deployment negative content as well as participate in educating the generation to become a wise internet actors. Kemenkominfo as a government representative supports 100% of this movement. "

#SiBerkreasi move through several steps, namely pushing the entry of literacy content digital in the curriculum of formal education and training of Civil State Apparatus, encourage the spread of positive content in popular form widely in the community, and support the existence and encourage the birth of community, volunteers, and ambassadors of content Positive in each area.

On the same occasion, the digital literacy activist community also made declarations for support this movement.

"The support for #Siberkreasi is incredible. To this day there are already 37 supporters main and this number will continue to grow rapidly. Such support consists of various elements of society such as communities, academics, media, business people, artist unity, government agencies, and so on, "Dedy added.

#SiBerkreasi movement was also supported by artists, influencers and creator content such as Marcella Zalianty, Yosi Mokalu (Project Pop), Marsha Tengker, Dennis Adhiswara, and many more. Besides media discussions, the same day to the launching day also held a playback of the “Cek Dulu”. “Cek Dulu” Video is the result of collaboration #SiBerkreasi with Yosi Mokalu, content creator from Cameo Project.

Through this video, #SiBerkreasi reminds us to be more careful and smart in the term of consuming information circulated in cyberspace. Call for 'first check' of an information can be a simple step to counter the circulation of fake news (hoax) and can be done by anyone.

Video can be a very effective medium in spreading positive content. "The reason why we made this video was not to make money (monetizing), but to inspire society, "said Yosi Mokalu. Yosi's works with other Cameo Project team can be seen on the @CameoProject YouTube channel.

"That's why we (Cameo Project) do not mind if the video is downloaded from the channel YouTube @CameoProject and disseminated, like many of our KAMI INDONESIA videos distributed on Facebook, chat groups, on television shows and off-air events, "added Yosi.

#SiBerkreasi also invites citizens and content creators to share creativity through video competition containing positive content. The trick is to follow #ClickVideoChallenge, record it your creative internet-themed video by using the song “Cek Dulu” as backsound. Complete information about this video competition can be found at: www.siberkreasi.id

Grand Launching #SiBerkreasi Fair

#SiBerkreasi Fair will be present on 27-29 October 2017 at Jakarta International Expo (JIEXPO), Kemayoran (TBC Location). This festival will be enlivened by various discussions around literasi digital and creative activities of the community of digital literacy activists that can be followed by the general public, especially young people.

About #SiBerkreasi

Previously, the National Movement of Digital Literacy #SiBerkreasi was also launched at Kick event Off: Smart Schools Online on Sunday, 25 September 2017 and then at FX Plaza, Jakarta. In addition to Jakarta, a similar event was held simultaneously by ICT Volunteers (RTIK) in 8 cities in Indonesia Indonesia, namely in Bandung, Bojonegoro, Jember, Padang, Polewali Mandar, Semarang, Sinjai, and Sukabumi.

The National Movement of Digital Literacy #SiBerkreasi is a collaboration of various institutions government and private, community and digital literacy activists. This is the form of commitment along with various parties to increase digital literacy in the community through the call for share creativity through positive content and utilize the internet wisely and to be responsible.

This movement received full support from the Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Ministry of National Education and Culture, Ministry of State Secretary, Commission Indonesian Broadcasting, Creative Economy Agency (BEKRAF), and various communities such as: Internet Governance Forum, ICT Watch, Pandi (Internet Domain Name Manager Indonesia), Nawala.org, Indonesia Child Online Protection (ID-COP: ECPAT Indonesia, RAS Foundation, and Yayasan Sejiwa), Internet Sahabat Anak, IWITA Jakarta, ID Talent, Countryman, PARFI 56, Center for Digital Society of Gadjah Mada University, ICT Volunteer (RTIK) Indonesia, MAFINDO (Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia), Japelidi (Network of Digital Literacy Activist), Collection of Mother Blogger, and Layaria.