The news that Facebook was closed or blocked for Indonesian social media (Medsos) users on April 24, 2018 has gone viral since this week.

Netizens, especially those who use Facebook, are busy posting the status "Facebook will be closed", there are also those who upload "before Facebook is closed, post a status or photo first."
The news of the closure of Facebook has also become the pros and cons among netizens. Even so, the viral rumors circulating widely on social media, especially Facebook, are certainly not true or hoaxes.

The government can indeed give strict sanctions to block Facebook because the data of one million Indonesian users was also leaked in the Camridge Analityca scandal.

However, there is no certainty that on April 24, Facebook will actually be blocked in Indonesia.
Minister of communication and information (Menkominfo) Rudiantara on various occasions never mentioned blocking Facebook.

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In fact, Rudiantara said that the Ministry of Communications and Informatics did not hesitate to block Facebook, but must comply with procedures so that the steps are not rash.

Rudiantara's only firm statement regarding blocking FB is if there is evidence that FB is used as a means of inciting or fighting.

Rudiantara ensured that if investigators found an element of criminal suspicion in the leak of Facebook user data in Indonesia, the chances of blocking Facebook would be even greater.

Meanwhile, these two things have not been proven yet, they are still under investigation and awaiting the results of the audit.

“If there are indications that Facebook in Indonesia is used for incitement, as happened in Myanmar. I have no qualms about blocking," said Rudiantara, a few days ago.

The Minister of Communication and Information has asked Facebook in Indonesia to conduct an audit and submit the results of the audit since a week after the announcement of the data on Facebook users in Indonesia being leaked in the CA scandal.