Is it true that Facebook will be closed on April 24, 2018?. This is the explanation of the Ministry of Communication and Information – In the last few days, a number of netizens in the country have been worried by a number of information that states that the government through the Ministry of Communication and Information will block or close the Facebook social network on April 24.

Not a few of Facebook users who feel confused by this confusing information. They also wonder, is it true that Facebook will be closed in Indonesia or is it just hoax information?.
Responding to the public's confusion, the Minister of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia, Rudiantara, as reported by Liputan6 said, "We will see this situation first. If it gets worse, then we will temporarily close (block)".

But firmly, Rudiantara explained that the Ministry of Communication and Information would not block or permanently close Facebook. In the case involving Facebook regarding the misuse of data by Cambrige Analityca, the government, in this case the Ministry of Communication and Information and the DPR, is conducting an investigation and asking for an official explanation from Facebook regarding the incident.

Meutya Hafid, Member of Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives in his explanation regarding the discourse on closing Facebook said "We and the government - the Ministry of Communication and Information - will talk again regarding the follow-up to Facebook's mistakes. Personally, I'm still open to sanctions, it's also possible to suggest a Facebook service moratorium.”

The politician from the Golkar Party hopes that the Ministry of Communication and Information can be more strict with Facebook. He explained that the decision on whether the discourse on closing access to Facebook services would actually be carried out still had to wait for the results of an internal investigation from Facebook 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 must be information, where this misused data went and what it was used for,” explained the DPR member who is also a former journalist.

So, what is the cause of the widespread discourse of closing Facebook services?

The confusion about the news that Facebook services will be closed in Indonesia on April 24th stems from the discovery of the fact that some of Facebook's user data has been misused for political purposes in the United States presidential election by the Cambrige Analityca Survey Institute.
In the release of the data, it turns out that not only Facebook users in the USA are victims of data abuse, but Indonesia as a country with the most Facebook users in the world is also known to have become victims of data tapping by third-party applications connected to Facebook.

More than one million Facebook users in the country are known to be part of a total of tens of millions of Facebook users who are known to have been harvested by third parties and used for their benefit. Although it is not known for certain what Facebook user data in Indonesia is used for, but it has triggered government concerns in this case the Ministry of Communication and Information.

Therefore, the information circulating about whether Facebook will be closed on April 24 is invalid information aka HOAX. Because so far the government through the Ministry of Communication and Information has not officially stated the exact date when the discourse on closing Facebook will actually take place.