The news that Facebook will be blocked in Indonesia on April 24, suddenly became widely shared on social media. This information, which has gone viral and circulated widely on social media, especially Facebook, is definitely not true, aka a hoax.

The government can indeed take firm action to block Facebook because the data of one million Indonesian users was also leaked in the Cambridge Analytica (CA) scandal. However, there is no certainty that on April 24, Facebook will actually be blocked in Indonesia.

As reported by Kompas.com, the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Rudiantara on various occasions never said he would block Facebook. Instead, Rudiantara said the Ministry of Communications and Informatics did not hesitate to block Facebook, but it must follow procedures so that the steps are not rash.

Rudiantara's only firm statement regarding the blocking of Facebook is, if there is evidence that Facebook is used as a means of inciting.

The Minister of Communication and Informatics also ensures that if investigators find elements of criminal suspicion in the leak of Facebook user data in Indonesia, the chances of Facebook blocking are even greater.

At the moment, these two things cannot be proven, they are still under investigation and awaiting the results of the audit.

"If there are indications that Facebook in Indonesia is being used for incitement, as happened in Myanmar, I have no qualms about blocking it," said Rudiantara, Wednesday (11/4/2018), at the Kominfo Building, Medan Merdeka, Jakarta.

Furthermore, since a week after the announcement that Facebook user data in Indonesia had been leaked in the CA scandal, Rudiantara had asked Facebook to conduct an audit, and submitted the results of the audit to Kominfo. The request was included in the first warning letter sent by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics.

But after the specified deadline arrived, Facebook has not yet submitted the results of the audit. Kominfo also issued a second warning letter.

“Currently, it is SP II. We wait, later after SP II it can be upgraded to a temporary service termination if needed," said Rudiantara last week (11/4/2018).

If the audit results are known later, the government can assess the potential problems that could arise from this data leak and take steps to address them.

In addition, the Deputy Chairman of Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Satya Widya Yudha in a hearing with Facebook today, Tuesday (17/4/2018), said that blocking Facebook is not a solution, considering that Facebook actually has many benefits.

According to Satya, if Facebook does not have good intentions, then blocking can be considered. "Before going there (blocking), it must be understood first. Because Facebook is also useful for communication today," he said.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal incident attracted global attention. This analyst firm itself is a political consultant who helped Donald Trump's winning campaign in the 2016 US Presidential Election. CA has stolen 87 million global Facebook user data. Indonesia occupies the third position as the country with the most user data victims