mark zuckerberg is going to visit indonesia to discuss about fake news

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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