Netizens are busy talking about social media, Facebook in Indonesia will be closed on April 24, 2018.

We tried to find out the truth of the news, it turned out to be a hoax or not true. So far, there has been no firm statement from the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) confirming that Facebook Indonesia will be blocked or closed on April 24, 2018.

However, the Ministry of Communication and Information does not hesitate to block Facebook in Indonesia like Telegram, if it is proven that there is a criminal element in the leakage of Facebook user data in Indonesia.

If indeed Facebook Indonesia will be blocked, even then it will only be temporary and if the situation gets worse.

"We will see this situation first. If it gets worse, we will close temporarily," said Minister of Communication and Informatics Rudiantara, Wednesday (11/4/2018) at the Kominfo Building, Medan Merdeka, Jakarta.

"If there are indications that Facebook in Indonesia is being used for incitement, as happened in Myanmar, I have no qualms about blocking it," added Rudiantara.
Reported by CNN Indonesia, the Facebook data leak scandal in Indonesia recorded as many as 1,095,918 users who could potentially be affected by data abuse.

From November 2013 to 2015 there were 748 people in Indonesia who installed thisisyourdigitallife application. The application, which is a personality test quiz, is known to use Facebook account access.

"There are a total of 1,096,666 people in Indonesia or around 1.26 percent of the total number of people affected globally," explained Facebook Indonesia's Head of Public Policy Ruben Hattari during a Hearing Meeting (RDP) with members of Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives in Jakarta.

According to Ruben, the figure is known to not include people who have downloaded the application, but then deleted their Facebook account. The company owned by Mark Zuckerberg claims not to store the data of individual users who download the application.

To note, there are about 87 million global Facebook user data stolen by Cambridge Analytica (CA). Indonesia occupies the third position as the country with the most user data victims.