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Collection of false news news, found 86 news.

Internet development not yet accompanied by adequate literacy

Director General of Public Information and Communication of the Communication and Informatics Ministry, Widodo Muktiyo, ...

Papua Police Chief confirms hoax fueled mass protest in Wamena

Papua Police Chief Inspector General Rudolf A. Rodja attributed the mass protest in Wamena, Jayawijaya District, Papua, ...

Papuans should avoid being hoaxed by internet ban news: Telkom

State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom's subsidiary, PT Telkom Witel Papua, urged Papua’s people to ...

Internet access to be reopened after peace prevails in Papua: Wiranto

The government will reopen the access to the Internet in Papua and West Papua after peace and conducive situation ...

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Asia-Pacific news agencies wage full-on war against fake news

Fake news has turned out to be the next wave of misinformation warfare in the digital era following the election of ...

OANA member states tackle fake news as common enemy

Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) president highlighted fake news as a serious issue currently, as it ...

Foreign workforce just 0.03 percent of Indonesia's population: Jokowi

Foreign workers in Indonesia merely constituted 0.03 percent of the nation's total populace, according to Incumbent ...

Buzz surrounding overseas server targeting to delegitimize KPU: Amin

Vice Presidential candidate number 01 Ma'ruf Amin rubbished rumors on the General Elections Commission (KPU) having ...

Prosecutor rejects house arrest request of Ratna Sarumpaet's lawyers

The Public Prosecutor (JPU) has rejected the request of the defendant to place Ratna Sarumpaet under house arrest. ...

Andre Rosiade of Gerindra Party reports Metro TV to Press Council

Andre Rosiade, a Legislative Candidate of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, on Friday, reported a news ...

Leaders must be at forefront in facing obstacles: Jokowi

Presidential candidate number 01 Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that a leader must be a vanguard in the face of ...

Communication Ministry blocked nearly one million accounts in 2018

The Indonesian Communication and Informatics Ministry had blocked 961,456 accounts in 2018 for carrying negative ...

Home Minister asks police to investigate hoax on cast ballots

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has asked the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) to ...

President calls on people not to disseminate slander

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has reminded that the people should not disseminate slander and false news. "Be ...

Big loss if influence of social media undermines brotherhood: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the public would lose out if the influence of social media and political ...