JAKARTA: The Indonesian government is taking Germany’s lead in its attempt to fight back against hoaxes and press Facebook to better filter false news from its newsfeed, a minister has said.
Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara said he had sent an invitation to Facebook to come to Indonesia to talk about hoaxes a day after he learned about Germany’s plan to legislate a law that stipulates penalties for dissemination of hoaxes on the social networking service.
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