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Social Media: What The Suspension of TikTok LIVE Means for Indonesians – Kompas

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, confirmed that it suspended TikTok LIVE in Indonesia starting Saturday night, 30 August 2025, to help reduce tensions during protests in the country, especially following the 25 August demonstration at the DPR.

● Kenapa Harus Peduli?

○ Real-life Ripple Effects – Suspending TikTok LIVE may seem like a safety measure, but it carries real life ripple effects from small sellers losing sales, to consumers missing direct interaction, to entire communities experiencing economic strain

○ The Role of Social Media – TikTok plays a significant role in driving conversations and shaping online discourse. When a platform can abruptly disable a major feature, is this genuinely about safety, or does it risk setting a precedent for censorship?

○ Moving Ahead –  Social media is meant to spark conversations, but with so many voices it can also create conflict, tension, and misinformation. The challenge is whether it can move beyond being just a marketplace or a debate stage, and instead support collective understanding and economic empowerment or is this just an ideal?

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Digital: Is Cookies Really That Bad? – CNBC

Google constantly tracks users, collecting demographics, location data, and personal information through Gmail, Search, Maps, Android, and YouTube, even when location history is turned off.

● Kenapa Harus Peduli?

○ From an Advertiser’s Standpoint – The data Google collects allows advertisers to understand their audience in detail, leading to more niche targeting, better performance, and more efficient ad spend. 

○ From a User’s Standpoint – the same data collection raises concerns about privacy, autonomy, and how much of their personal lives are being monetized. How much control do users really have over their own information, and where should the line be drawn between convenience and intrusion?

○ Moving Ahead – With technology becoming more advanced everyday, the balance between innovation, profit, and individual rights becomes more complex. The question is not just whether personalization and privacy can coexist, but how can we build systems that make it possible.

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Digital: AI Is Pushing Young Workers Out of Jobs – AdWeek

Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the advertising industry is employing fewer young workers, with employees aged 20–24 making up only 6.5% of jobs in 2024, the lowest share since 2020 and down from 10.5% in 2019.

• Kenapa Harus Peduli?
  • Economic Uncertainty and The Rise of AI – AI is reducing the need for entry-level staff in fields like marketing and advertising, making it cheaper and more efficient for companies to rely on technology instead of new hires. 
    • Why bring in a fresh graduate when AI can cut costs and boost productivity? Yet, how can young professionals use AI to not lose opportunities, but actually land jobs in this new landscape?
  • Find the G-A-P. So what can AI not do? AI is great at crunching data, automating repetitive tasks, and even generating ideas fast. But it struggles with things like human empathy, cultural nuance,  creativity and long-term strategic thinking. These are the spaces where young people can show what they have and what makes them different.
  • Moving Ahead – The real opportunity lies in learning to work with AI, not against it. For young people, the challenge is not to compete with AI, but to use it as a tool that amplifies their creativity, ideas, and impact. At the same time, they are the future of the generation. If we set them up for failure now, what foundation will they have to build on tomorrow?

Kata Untuk Hari Ini:

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• A phrase when you want to emphasize that a platform decision goes beyond “just digital.” meaning that it can have an impact from online to offline consequences.

Quotes of The day:

Book, The Four Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz

• You must have a strong will. If you fall, do not judge yourself, do not give that judgement the satisfaction of turning you into a victim. No, be tough with yourself. Stand up and make the agreement again: ‘Okay, I broke my agreement to be impeccable with my word. I will start over once more.’
  • Kamu harus memiliki kemauan yang kuat. Jika kamu jatuh, jangan menghakimi dirimu sendiri, jangan biarkan penilaian itu memiliki kepuasan dengan menjadikanmu korban. Tidak, bersikaplah tegas pada dirimu sendiri. Bangkitlah dan buatlah kesepakatan lagi: ‘Oke, aku telah melanggar kesepakatan ku untuk selalu menjaga kata-kataku. Aku akan memulai lagi sekali lagi.