Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Rudiantara said that he would not block (close) Facebook permanently, but only temporarily. That is if the situation gets worse.
 
This was conveyed by Rudiantara in response to Warganet who until now are still confused about the unclear information regarding the fate of Facebook in Indonesia. They also wonder whether Facebook will be closed in Indonesia or not.
 
"We will see this situation first. If it gets worse, then we will temporarily close (block it)," said Minister of Communication and Information Rudiantara as quoted from Liputan6.com Friday, April 20 2018.
 
Rudiantara was reluctant to talk about closing Facebook's operations permanently. He is more focused on monitoring Facebook to create data security and prevent the spread of hate speech.
 
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives also had asked the Communications and Information Technology to be more strict with Facebook.
 
"We and the government - the Ministry of Communication and Informatics - will talk again regarding the follow-up to Facebook's mistake. Personally, I am still open to sanctions, I do not rule out also suggesting a Facebook service moratorium," said Meutya Hafid, Member of the Commission. I DPR RI.
 
Meutya estimates that the DPR RI will wait for the results of Facebook's internal investigation for the next month.
 
"We are waiting, I think a month should be enough time. We hope that the results of this investigation will not only blame who, but also there should be information, where this misused data went and what it was used for," he said.
 
The controversy arose from the Cambridge Analytica scandal which accused Facebook of leaking data. After being investigated, it turns out that "leaking" is not the right term. The data was not leaked, but rather misused by Cambridge Analytica, allegedly for political purposes.