Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will reportedly visit Jakarta at
the end of the month to meet with Communications and Information Minister
Rudiantara to discuss the spread of fake news on the social network.
The minister previously shared his plans to meet with representatives
of popular social network platforms in Indonesia such as Twitter and
Facebook to actively prevent the spread of hoaxes.
According to kompas.com, Rudiantara has discussed
the matter with Twitter representatives and is now seeking to meet with
Facebook.
“It's confirmed. [Facebook representatives] will come [to Indonesia] by
the end of this month,” he said.
News outlets have previously reported that Zuckerberg himself will attend
the meeting.
The discussion is said to include ways
to prevent the spread of hoaxes and stopping them from going viral. The
government was reportedly also considering imposing sanctions in the form
of fees on social networks that failed to prevent the spread of fake
content.
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