The government was again made irritated by the attitude of Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter. The trigger for the request for account closure by the Indonesian government, received a less than optimal response from the three giant companies. Minister of Communication and Informatics Rudiantara conveyed warnings and threats of closing the platform as a whole.

Rudiantara delivered a firm message to global companies after participating in the Declaration on Anti-Radicalism at the Unpad campus, Bandung, Friday (14/7). “Of all the requests for account handling that we asked to close, only 50 percent have been taken down. It's disappointing," he said.

Rudiantara emphasized that the three companies must improve their commitments if they want to operate in Indonesia longer. According to him, if there is no serious commitment, the Indonesian government will take a firm stance. Because any foreign company that enters Indonesia must support Indonesia's development.

"You can't just play advertisements in Indonesia," he said. He said the most severe action was to completely close access to the three companies. So Rudiantara apologized to the people who had been using the three applications for positive activities, but were also affected.

He emphasized that all this time he should not only be able to make personal financial gains, then he would not accept if the government closed access to Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter. "Don't let personal interests sacrifice national interests," he said.

According to Rudiantara, there are a number of reasons that the three companies were not cooperative in following up on requests for account blocking from the Indonesian government. Among them is that they compare with the policy in their respective countries, that account blocking must go through the courts.

Rudiantara firmly said that Indonesia has its own regulations. So if these companies want to play in Indonesia, they must follow the regulations in Indonesia. He said requests to block or take down accounts were also not random. There are serious considerations before the request is submitted to a social media service provider or video file sharing provider such as Youtube.

Among the considerations are the accounts that are proposed to be closed are actually spreading pornographic content, SARA, hate speech, fake news, fraud, and others. Rudiantara said that it was easier to close websites than to close content providers such as Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter.

Meanwhile, the government's efforts to clean up negatively charged applications have again taken their toll. This time the victim is the short messaging application Telegram. Officially last night (14/7) Kominfo announced the closure of 11 DNS (domain name system) belonging to Telegram at once. The impact of this blocking is that the Telegram application cannot be accessed via the website format.

Telegram's eleven DNS are t.me, telegram.me, telegram.org, core.telegram.org, desktop.telegram.org, macos.telegram.org, web.telegram.org, venus.web.telegram.org, pluto.web.telegram.org, flora.web.telegram.org, and flora-1.web.telegram.org.

Director General of Informatics Applications at Kominfo Semuel A. Pangerapan said Kominfo is currently preparing a complete closure process. So that later the Telegram application through the website or mobile application cannot be accessed at all. Semuel said the Telegram application would be closed completely if it did not meet the preparation of SOPs for handling content that violated the law. "We take this action to maintain the integrity of the nation," he explained.

Among the things that made the government issue a blocking decision was that Telegram did not make SOPs in handling terrorism cases. So that it can threaten or endanger the security of the Indonesian nation. According to him, there are many channels on Telegram that contain propaganda, radicalism, terrorism, hate speech, and teachings on making bombs. Then there are also tutorials on how to attack, disturbing images (vile photos), and other negative content.

Chairman of the Indonesian Teachers Association (IGI) Muhammad Ramli Rahim admitted that he had been using Telegram. This includes consolidation with IGI networks throughout Indonesia. Among them are exchanging innovations in learning and so on. "I regret the closure of Telegram," he explained. But he can't do anything if it's the government's decision. Moreover, the reason is to maintain the security of the Indonesian nation.