Antara News·Indonesia·Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 09:21 AM UTC

Press Council urges ASEAN journalist solidarity in digital age

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Badung, Bali (ANTARA) - Press Council Chair Komaruddin Hidayat urges stronger solidarity among journalists in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region to face technological change and the era of digital platform dominance in the information ecosystem.

At the ASEAN Forum on the Protection of Journalistic Works in the Copyright Regime in the Digital Era in Tuban, Bali, on Saturday, Hidayat said ASEAN countries have diverse languages, cultures, political systems, histories, and traditions.

Even so, countries in the region face shared challenges in maintaining journalism's public value amid technological change.

"We need a digital ecosystem where innovation and journalism can coexist, digital platforms can thrive, but creators are not exploited," he said.

According to him, the development of digital platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) has changed how people access information while raising questions about the economic sustainability of the press industry.

The issue is becoming more relevant as AI technology can use human intellectual works, including journalistic content, to develop various services and generate new information.

Hidayat questioned whether journalists whose work serves as learning material for AI systems should also receive a share of the economic value generated by the technology.

He added that journalists also need to be involved in shaping the direction of technological development so that it continues to support the public interest and strengthen democracy.

In his view, the issue is not only about the media industry's economic interests, but also concerns ethics and the sustainability of journalism as one of the pillars of democracy.

For that reason, he urged the creation of a digital ecosystem that allows information to circulate freely while respecting the intellectual works of its creators. Technology, he argued, should strengthen democracy rather than weaken the institutions that support it.

Therefore, he said, regional solidarity is considered important so that journalism's interests continue to be taken into account amid global technological development.

Hidayat expressed hope that the forum can strengthen solidarity among ASEAN journalists while serving as a platform to shape a future in which technology serves journalism, not the other way around.

He urged forum participants not only to discuss the future of journalism, but also to actively participate in shaping it.

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