“Ais” Crawling Engine The Negative Content Worth Rp 194 Billion Will Operate January 3, 2018

MANADO, ZONAUTARA.com – The negative content crawling engine on the internet built by the Ministry of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) will start operating January 3, 2018.

Machine named “Ais” worth Rp 194 billion has been tested and is expected to reduce the spread of  pornography content, gambling, violence, radicalism, and SARA, in the internet country.

The Director General of Aptika Kominfo, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, said that Ais will start operation on January 3, 2018. There is a special team of 58 people who will be in-charge for 24 hours, divided into three shifts.

“This machine will be more effective and efficient in terms of time and volume to filter out negative content,” he said on Friday (29/12/3017), at “War Room” Kominfo 8th floor, Medan Merdeka, Jakarta.

One time crawling by entering certain keywords required can scavenge millions of content within 5 to 10 minutes. Furthermore, selected tens of thousands of priority content is considered the most dangerous based on the level of view and its viral potential.

Priority content is verified by the verifier team. The team analyzes whether the content is in contradiction with Indonesian rules or is within reasonable limits.

It should be noted, the machine can only scratch the negative content listed in the public internet realm. The machine can not scratch personalized conversation content and social media accounts that are set to “private”.

Once filtered, the content is scanned by screen-capture as evidence. For a while the screen-capture mechanism is still manual, but is being attempted to be completely automated.

With screen-capture evidence, content will be submitted to the executor team. Those who determine what action needs to be taken.

If the negative content is within the site, the government already has a synchronized communication channel with internet service providers (ISPs). Each ISP then will do the blocking.

“Those had different each ISP. It takes 15 minutes to 3 hours. Average under three hours for take down, “Semuel says.

If the negative content is spread by the account on social media, the government will coordinate with the social media provider in question. There are already nine services that work together with Kominfo, ie Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, BBM, Line, Telegram, Bigo, and Google.

Meanwhile, if the negative content is imprinted on the news portals registered in the Press Council, the government will follow the provisions of the Press Law. News portals are not immediately blocked, but given the right answer first.

Ais not only can be used by Kominfo, but also other state institutions. For example, BNN, BPOM, Police, and whichever parties interested in maintaining the unity.

“For example to detect the circulation of drugs, this tool can be used BNN. Can also use Bawaslu for negative content related to elections. So that determines the take down or not, it is not us, but each institution. If Kominfo is really urgent like pornography, “Semuel explained.

Ais is an auction machine that was opened by Kominfo last August and won by PT Industri Telekomunikasi (INTI). PT INTI’s offer price is Rp 198 billion with corrected price of Rp 194 billion. The project payment process using the “lump sum” mechanism.

In addition to Ais, the eradication of negative content on the internet is also through community reporting on the site of Trust Positif Kominfo.

Editor: Ronny A. Buol