Jakarta, June 21 -- Indonesia reaffirmed its commitment to protecting information integrity and journalist safety amid rapid artificial intelligence growth during a UNESCO forum in Paris, while calling for stronger global cooperation on digital governance.

The commitment was highlighted at the 70th Meeting of the Bureau of UNESCO's International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), held on June 18-19.

According to a statement released in Jakarta on Sunday, Director General of Public Communication and Media Fifi Aleyda Yahya said technological advances have fundamentally changed how people produce, consume and trust information.

She said international cooperation is needed to ensure digital transformation advances alon...