The statement from the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Rudiantara threatened to close Facebook, Twitter and Youtube if they did not follow government rules in preventing radicalism.
For our social media users, "Sorry for those who use Facebook, or Youtube if it is forced to be closed, because the government is in charge of maintaining the state's conduciveness," said Rudiantara after following the Declaration on Anti-Radicalism Friday (14/7/2017) at Universities in West Java. at Padjadjaran University, Bandung City.
Indonesian government on international social media platform policies. This is because the government's request to crack down on malicious accounts has not been fully heeded.

He explained that in 2016 international social media platforms only closed 50 percent of the accounts requested by the Ministry of Communication and Information to be prosecuted.

"In 2016, the government asked to take down accounts on social media and video file sharing, only 50 percent were carried out by international social media platform providers.

Obviously, this is very disappointing for us, so we ask for it to be corrected,” Rudiantara explained that the spread of radicalism through cyberspace was getting worse. Radical understanding is inserted online so as to facilitate the infiltration of harmful doctrines.

Obviously, ''Rudiantara, the spread of radical content in cyberspace is divided through websites and social media. He explained that it is easier to take action on sites that play a role in spreading radicalism content because the government can block them directly, and for social media, the government must communicate with these service providers.

To that end, Rudiantara has sent representatives to communicate with companies providing social media and video sharing services. To follow our rules, the government will take a firm stance if there is absolutely no improvement in limiting accounts containing radicalism.

The closure of this social media will be carried out in stages, First, by prohibiting Indonesian advertisements that are displayed on social media, because the main business of social media platforms is to serve advertisements. .