Indonesia threatens to shut down Facebook

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Of course it would be a Muslim country — what better way to enforce the sharia. This is likely to make an already sharia-compliant Facebook even more hostile than it is now to voices of freedom.Having been one of the early targets of social media censorship on Facebook, YouTube et al, I have advocated for anti-trust action against these bullying behemoths. Early last year, I wrote: “The US government has used anti-trust laws to break up monopolies. They ought to break up Facebook. Section 2 of the Sherman Act highlights particular results deemed anticompetitive by nature and prohibits actions that ‘shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations.’ Couldn’t the same be applied to information? The United States government took down Standard Oil, Alcoa, Northern Securities, the American Tobacco Company and many others without nearly the power that Facebook has.”

What is happening is being engineered at the government level. A chief officer from a major American communications company went to the terror state of Pakistan to assure the Pakistani government that Facebook would adhere to the sharia. The commitment was given by Vice President of Facebook Joel Kaplan, who called on Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. “Facebook has reiterated its commitment to keep the platform safe and promote values that are in congruence with its community standards.”

If Facebook is so solicitous of Pakistan, expect it to cave to Indonesia quickly.

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“World’s 4th Biggest Country Threatens To Shut Down Facebook,” by Eric Lieberman, Daily Caller News Foundation, April 3, 2018 (thanks to Todd):

A top official in Indonesia is reportedly threatening to shut off the whole country from Facebook if he receives proof that citizen’s data is being collected for profit or the platform is not doing enough to suppress false news.

“If I have to shut them down, then I will do it,” Communications Minister Rudiantara said recently, according to Bloomberg. “I did it. I have no hesitation to do it again,” he continued, referencing his ceasing of operations for the cloud-based messaging app Telegram because it purportedly did not remove “radical” content fast enough.

Rudiantara is especially worried about the prospect of Facebook somehow corrupting the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in the country. And the ostensibly stern warning applies to others in the social media industry like Google, its subsidiary YouTube, and Twitter.

Facebook is currently dealing with an onslaught of criticism from the larger public in the U.S., as well as American lawmakers, with the possibility of some form of federal oversight growing by the day. Much of the concerns of Rudiantara and Indonesia are similar to those in America, like user data privacy and manipulation of its services and features. (RELATED: Facebook Has A Lot Of Openings For Washington Policy Folks After Spate Of Public Backlash)

Still, while enforcement of antitrust regulations — a restraining mechanism for the U.S. government seldom used — are conceivable, other countries are likely to take the lead in cracking down.

French President Emmanuel Macron recently said Americans and their government may soon “wake up” and determine “they are too big” not only “to fail, but too big to be governed.” Those comments reflect his own personal thoughts on big U.S. tech companies, potentially showing that he cares just as much, if not more, than his American counterparts about their collective and respective growing power.

But Indonesia shutting down the social media service used by billions of users a month would be a huge hit for Facebook and possibly a way more severe punishment than any regulations concocted by other governing bodies….

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Dan Knight
Dan Knight
5 years ago

Indonesia … another country like so many … which is s-hole due to Islam and socialism.

You cannot wipe your rear with paying bribes. The country practices all of the standard ‘Protectionism’ of 3d world countries. They expect American businesses to take partners, share technology, get bleeped, and pay for the privilege

… and our businesses do so b/c we have no one to negotiate a better trade deal …

… and b/c their deal is better than the domestic Bleep America First business climate.

… No speculation here. I’ve trained about a half-dozen Indonesian engineers. The only good thing I can say about them – is that UNLIKE so many foreigners – they were polite. They never sneered, snickered, and smirked while we were getting shafted.

And let’s be clear – those “cheap” engineers – they were living a millionaires lifestyle. Swimming pools, sports cars, and on and on and on. We can’t even find jobs that pay for the Education-Fare Jiyza “Whitey” has to pay for a “good” job – while they’re living like kings.

And do not be confused – That’s not about the luxuries – It’s about the opportunities and their influence. These guys were all movers and shakers back home in their large volcanic, banana, Muslim, near-paradise …

aemoreira1981
aemoreira1981
5 years ago

I’d call Indonesia’s bluff if I ran Facebook. How are people communicating without Facebook, given that its major alternative, VK, isn’t accessible in that region of the world?

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  aemoreira1981

“How are people communicating without FB?” Well, you see, there’s this invention. It’s called the ‘telephone.’ Very complicated. It’s got a wire and you push some numbers and you can talk to whom ever you like. THAT’S how people communicate. Or, perhaps in your case, via homing pigeon.

Thorsten
Thorsten
5 years ago

Yawn 🙁

101 for FB, google.. to collect (massive) user data, make profiles of each user and sell them to (e.g. insurence) companies & NSA

-> switched to duckduckgo.com and use firefox “Nightly” (also with anti-tracking uBlock & uMatrix app)

Lamarr01
Lamarr01
5 years ago
Reply to  Thorsten

duckduckgo submits your search request to Google and other search services. You are still receiving filtered news. Google has determined gellerreport.com does not meet community standards. Google no longer scans this website and has blacklisted this site.

Thorsten
Thorsten
5 years ago
Reply to  Lamarr01

… ok, but submit only anonymously/privacy without my tacking data my search requests

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago

It would be a good thing to shut down face book, even just for a while. It has become a law to itself and and oppressor of free speech. Then there is the issue of personal information theft. Thieves are criminals, stealing must be discouraged and punished.

Lee Turner
Lee Turner
5 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

We need a Conservative social media forum A good time for it to kick off ..

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

The youtube shooter, Nasime Sabz Yeşil Nasim, is an adherent of the Baha’i faith. It is a MUSLIM sect!

So what is the Baha’i faith?

Bahá’ís believe in Muhammad as a prophet of God, and in the Qur’an as the word of God. Baha’i teachings ‘affirm that Islam is a true religion revealed by Allah’; accordingly, members of the faith can give full assent to the traditional words of the Shahadah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_in_the_Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith

Yes, she is a MUSLIM! Just an odd minority sect of ISLAM.
Muslims can not get along with anyone but their own sect.

Ismail Aghdam, father of shooting suspect Nasim Aghdam confirmed her nuttiness.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/04/youtube-shooter-id-d-as-woman-with-apparent-vendetta-against-company.html

What orthodox Jew is named after Ismail or Ishmael? Isaac is the one that was blessed not the illegitimate son of Abraham and Sarah by Hagar.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Hmmm, I’m not so sure Baha’i are considered muslum. The f’ing muslums in Iran slaughtered some ten thousand of them while their subsequent prophet to the final prophet was still alive.

AWBenkert
AWBenkert
5 years ago

Not only that, the Bahai world headquarters are in Haifa, Israel.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

I have no problem with Facebook being shut down. Let the narcissistic people put their crap on their own websites.

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