Social media in Indonesia, especially Twitter, is currently being flooded with calls to uninstall the Traveloka application. According to netizens, the CTO who is also one of the founders of Traveloka, Derianto Kusuma, is said to have supported the walk out when the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan was giving a speech at the Kanisius College school anniversary event.

The news angered netizens who said Derianto did not respect Anies and decided to take the Traveloka application off his smartphone.

I don't know where this information originally circulated, because it turned out to be just a hoax.

Traveloka has confirmed that Derianto was not present at the 90th anniversary of Kanisius on Saturday (11/11). It is known that Derianto was indeed invited to attend the event because he received an award as one of the outstanding alumni of Kanisius.

 
"We are also proud that one of our founders, Mr. Derianto Kusuma, received an award from Alumni Kanisius. However, he was unable to attend because he was on an official trip that had been planned several months earlier," Traveloka explained in an official statement to VIVA via email, Tuesday 14 November 2017.

This means that what is rumored on social media about Derianto's support for the walk out is not true.

Regarding the details of the action, according to an official statement from Kolose Kanisius, it was stated that when Anies gave a speech, one of the alumni who is also a well-known pianist Ananda Sukarlan decided to stand up from his VIP seat and walk out. This action was then followed by hundreds of alumni and other invited guests who attended.

After Anies finished giving his speech and left the place, the people who had walked out earlier returned to the room. Ananda Sukarlan himself became another alumnus who received an award in this event because he was considered to have excelled in the field of music.

This is evidence for the umpteenth time that hoaxes have succeeded in influencing the wider community in a short time. Without correct facts and information, people still easily believe what is trending topic on social media without searching for the truth first.