Jakarta – Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament, Puan Maharani, brought a working visit to the Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley Area, California, United States. Meta is a global technology company that houses popular social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. During his visit, Puan was welcomed by the Vice President of Product Policy and Strategy Meta, Andy O’Connell, Friday (6/13) local time. He was also accompanied by Indonesian citizens who worked there, including the head of public policy, Indonesia and Timor Leste, Berni Mestafa. With Andy O’Connell and Berni, Puan discussed a number of important issues, ranging from digital literacy, strengthening democracy on social media, to monitoring and blocking the risk of risk content. Browse to continue with the content Puan is also invited to tour and see facilities in Meta, such as the latest technologies to block the ability to block meta. As far as Indonesia is concerned, the most blocked Indonesia is an activity associated with online gambling (Judol). Puan also expressed his appreciation for the steps of Meta that actively supported Indonesia’s efforts to combat the practice of online gambling in the digital space, “as a country with the fourth largest Instagram user in the world, Indonesia should encourage policies that can optimize the use of social media and digital channels,” Puan said in a written statement, Saturday (6/14/2025). Puan said that the concrete measures of Meta who blocked thousands of content and accounts associated with online gambling helped protect the Indonesian population from Judol. It is known that Indonesia was recorded as one of the countries with the largest amount of judol content blocked on the Meta platform. “This Meta step is very useful for Indonesia’s efforts to fight the practice of online gambling. Thank you for this collaboration. In the future, it must be further strengthened by our digital space so that it is more healthy and safe for the community,” Puan added. Puan emphasized that Judol is an illegal practice that must be overcome together. Because Judol not only violates the law, but has a negative influence on the social side of the community. “Judol has a serious social impact ranging from financial losses of family, potential crime, to damage to the younger generation. Indonesia itself also takes different steps in efforts to fight Judol,” he explained. “Therefore, collaboration with digital platforms is very important to ensure that such content does not have room in cyberspace,” Puan added. When Puan traveled in the Meta office, Puan also saw the technology of artificial intelligence systems (AI), digital security functions and automatic detection capabilities of problematic content. In the Meta headquarters, Puan also met with a number of Indonesian citizens, one of whom was Sara Angelita coming from Tarakan, North Calimantan. Sara works at the AI team for WhatsApp. Sara said he was proud to meet Puan. In addition, Indonesia is one of the countries with the largest WhatsApp user in the world. “Very happy today, Ms. Puan met Meta and I directly with Ms. Puan, because in Meta Indonesia is one of the largest users in the world, especially WhatsApp. So I am very proud to work on WhatsApp,” says Sara. Sara said she was happy to be a citizen who had the opportunity to work at Meta. “I am very happy to work in Meta because it feels as if many can be taught in Meta a lot and many smart people here. So everything is greatly enchanted so we study the culture here so that everyone studies with teamwork, I like the culture,” Sara concluded. For information, in addition to the Meta headquarters, Puan also visited the Google headquarters in the United States, known as Googleplex. Google’s head office is located at Mountain View, California. (PRF/PRF) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here
Visit Meta-Google Office in the USA, Puan Praise Support for Ri Fighting Judol
