TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Facebook continues to actively engage itself in preventive measures towards welcoming the 2019 Presidential Election other than releasing a politician’s and a political party’s guide to interact on Facebook and Instagram.
In a release Tempo received today, Facebook stated that it has released several more initiatives for the upcoming election, which they say reflects the social media giant’s care for Indonesia’s democracy and to protect the integrity of the country’s democratic process.
The following are Facebook’s initiatives:
1. Facebook has worked together with the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the Communication and Information Ministry to run campaigns on Facebook and place ads in local newspapers and radio stations on how to detect fake news or hoaxes.
2. Releasing a third-party fact-checking program in April 2018. Facebook has worked with two media agencies in Indonesia, viz. Tirto.id and Agence France-Presse (AFP) to take the task of identifying and checking contents that spread on Facebook.
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3. Holding training programs for Bawaslu staffers across Indonesia on how to detect fake news on Facebook and Instagram and how to properly report them.
4. Sending e-mails to admins of every politician and political partiy regarding online security measures.
5. Holding training programs on information security and safety for political parties in Indonesia.
6. Introducing ads transparency that enables the general public to see every ad running on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.
MOH KHORY ALFARIZI