Komdigi Ready to Disclose Data on Social Media Content Related to Deleted Karhutla Posts

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) is prepared to release data relating to social media content regarding forest and land fires (karhutla) that have supposedly been taken down or deleted from social media platforms.

This initiative was announced by Mediodecci Lustarini, Secretary of the Directorate General for Digital Space Supervision at Komdigi, in response to data presented by Remotivi and the Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet).

Both organizations have highlighted the increasing moderation of critical content related to karhutla.

"We greatly appreciate that there are institutions performing checks and balances, monitoring as part of public oversight. However, we are ready to open this data that they have presented," Mediodecci explained at the Komdigi office on Friday (13/11/2026).

Mediodecci also expressed openness to having the two organizations verify their findings against Komdigi's internal records.

According to him, data verification is necessary to ensure the accuracy of information, including the number of moderated content.

"If they want to match the data based on the complaints they have made, we are ready to open it and we can just align it. We need to confirm whether the data from the monitoring organizations indeed exists in Komdigi's records," he stated.

He added that the data recorded in Komdigi's system can be traced back, allowing for this verification process.

"Komdigi's records cannot be altered, as the interactions with the platform also utilize an electronic system. Therefore, the data is verifiable and we can detect it again; we can track it back within our system," he continued.