The discourse of the Minister of Communication and Informatics Rudiantara to stop social media services is the last step taken if there is no change from them giving space to spread hoax content.

"Actually, Indonesia does not intend to close, but if it is too late, we can close it," said Rudiantara in Jakarta, last weekend.

The man who is familiarly called Chief RA demanded that social media platforms move actively to help the government overcome the negative content milling about. However, differences in policies make the government's wishes often hampered.

He gave an example of the obstacles that occur with Facebook. As the most popular social media in the country with 110 million users, Facebook is a fertile field for those who like to promote hate content and fake news.

Rudiantara admitted that his ministry often asked Facebook to withdraw such content in a short time. However, because Facebook's policy requires that requests coming from the government be discussed with its legal team in the United States, it will take a long time.

Meanwhile, the government doubts Facebook's US policy towards its requests can understand the context of the national situation. "I respect their policies, but this is happening in Indonesia, so you should follow the rules here," Rudiantara continued.

He wants Facebook and other social media that are quite popular in the community to have representatives in Indonesia. This is intended so that coordination can run faster.

Nukman Luthfie, a social media activist, admits that the distance factor is an obstacle to efforts to counteract negative content on social media. According to him, the adoption of a country's law is faster if the social media company has a representative office in the country concerned. "The handling of content on Twitter is better because they have representatives here," admits Nukman.

The statement to close social media was first made by Rudiantara when he introduced the MUI fatwa regarding the use of social media. At that time he would firmly hold social media companies responsible for the content they have.