Bam seed reminds the threats of AI, tyranny of the algorithm and disinformation

Jakarta – Member of the House of Representatives Commission III, as well as a permanent lecturer in the postgraduate program in the Borobudur University Legal Doctoral, Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet), confirmed the greatest threat to Indonesia’s social stability in the digital era. According to him, it no longer just came from the crowd on the road, but also of the spark that exploded in the cyber room. He said disinformation in the form of short upload, spontaneous remarks and popular hashtags designed using algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI) and dissatisfaction that is now able to manipulate public emotions and move thousands of people. Even causes riots, looting and burning. “In the past, the riots were born of physical demonstrations, now enough of one false narrative in cyberspace. Deepfings and visual manipulation make lies like facts look like facts. This is the new face of the threat we face,” Bamoet said in his statement, Sunday (9/14/2025). Browse to continue with the content. This was transferred when he became an internal examiner in the Open Session test of the thesis of the Borobudur University Doctoral Student Program, Maj. Gen. AD Enro Satoto, entitled ‘Norma Construction in efforts to Protection of Victims against Global Siber in Indonesia Benefit’, at Borobudur University, Jakarta, Saturday (13/9). The 20th speaker of the Indonesian parliament has become the case of the death of Affan Kurniawan, an online motorcycle driver who was hit by an apparatus vehicle on August 28. Amateur videos recorded by residents are widely distributed within minutes. Public reactions flowed a lot, which created sympathy waves, as well as anger that eventually added tension and increased the increase of demonstrations in the field. Data from the Laboratory 45 led by the former Governor of Lemhanas, andi Widjajanto noted, during October 2024 to September 5, 2025, 218 mass actions, consisting of 156 demonstrations, 49 amok and 13 anarchist actions. Of the total, 121 actions are targeting government agencies and public facilities, including the destruction of government offices, which are burning to looting. The Affan case proves that sparks in digital spaces can turn into a real world. This condition is exacerbated by algorithms on social media that are not neutral. Attacking content is prioritized, while explanation has drowned. Along with disinformation with artificial intelligence that can produce in large amounts of false content, which can make threats that can erode the legitimacy of the state and deepen the distrust of the community. “Today we live in an era in which public reality is no longer built by facts, but by algorithms. Social media algorithms that need to help us find information, rather become a disinfection by prioritizing the provocative content, because it prioritizes most clicks and interactions. Disinformation Index (GDI) Indonesia as one of the high level of vulnerability to the spread of political highs. is, the community becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between facts, which are engineering. The usual manner can face exceptional steps in the production of digital content. Furthermore, the Deputy Chairman/Head of the FKPPI State Defense Agency and Deputy Chairman of the Pancasila youth added, it is necessary to review the ITE law and integration between the regulatory regulations and the existing laws. Manipulative content. Therefore, we must ensure that the regulations made must be balanced. We should not allow disinformation to damage democracy, but we may not make regulations as a tool to quiet people’s criticism. What we need is a fair, transparent and accountable rule, “Bamoet concluded. For information, also as examiner, Prof. Prof. Faisal Santiago; Ko-Promotor Dr. Sulhan; Internal Investigator, Prof. Ade Saptomo and External Examiner, Prof. Ibn Sina Chandranegara.