Jakarta, May 24 -- Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Nezar Patria warned Indonesia's younger generation about the dangers of algorithmic dominance, which he described as a new form of colonialism in the digital era.

According to Nezar, people today live in a digital space shaped by social media platforms and algorithms, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between facts, opinions, and manipulated information.

"Today, our lives are mediated by digital platforms. Even the way we think is slowly shaped by algorithms," Nezar said in a statement on Sunday.

"What we like keeps being shown to us, while other views are pushed aside. We live in filter bubbles and echo chambers," he added.

He warned that the situat...