Trusted Flagger is a program in which volunteers, who have been accepted through an application process, are given the authority to flag content that violates the terms of service or community guidelines of Google's websites. Google then reviews the flagged content and determines whether to remove it. He said the government would involve several nongovernmental organizations such as Wahid Institute, ICT Watch and AntiDefamation Society of Indonesia (Mafindo) as content moderators. Google policy and government affairs director for Greater China and Southeast Asia Ann Lavin said the Trusted Flagger program was implemented in June in the US and some European countries. "We have seen this program in the US and a number of European countries but this might be the first time [it is implemented] in Southeast Asia," Lavin said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 04, 2017 08:15 UTC