Dream - The Civil Society Coalition for press freedom is pushing for the formation of an open, participatory, and accountable Publisher Rights Committee. This effort is aimed at ensuring the integrity of committee members from the selection process to their appointment. The coalition believes that Presidential Regulation Number 32 of 2024 concerning the Responsibility of Digital Platform Companies to Support Quality Journalism (Publisher Rights) requires participation and oversight from various stakeholders and civil society groups at large.

One of the mandates of this regulation is the establishment of a committee that will be assigned to carry out the supervisory functions and provision of facilities for fulfilling the obligations of digital platform companies. This includes providing recommendations to the minister responsible for government affairs in the field of communication and informatics based on the results of supervision. At the same time, facilitating arbitration or alternative dispute resolution between digital platform companies and the press in accordance with the provisions of the legislation.

Therefore, the formation of a committee is one of the crucial stages of the overall implementation of Presidential Regulation 32/2024. This committee plays an important role in ensuring that press companies and digital platforms find a fair compensation formula. This also includes overseeing the monitoring and reporting process when there is a dissemination of information that violates journalistic ethics or regulations on digital platforms.

In addition, the task force established by the Press Council to formulate the operational regulations of the Presidential Regulation on Publishers' Rights must ensure that this regulation applies to all digital platforms, and does not target specific digital platform companies. Based on this basis, the Civil Society Coalition for Press Freedom urges the Press Council and the committee selection team to ensure that the entire selection process is conducted in a participatory and transparent manner, prioritizing the rights of civil society, particularly the right to access information.

And the realization of a fair compensation formula for media companies and journalists from all digital platforms that have a significant presence in Indonesia. The coalition urges the Press Council to ensure that the entire process of drafting committee rules is carried out in a participatory manner by actively involving experts or independent specialists, civil society organizations that have a special concern for press freedom issues, quality journalism, and other related sectors.