1/04/2018

*INDONESIA'S CYBER AGENCY LAUNCH*

CRACKING DOWN

Indonesia launches cyber agency to tackle religious extremism and fake news.

JAKARTA : Indonesia launched a new cyber security agency yesterday as the world's biggest  MUSLIM MAJORITY country moves to tackle online religious extremism and fake news on social media..

MILLIONS of Indonesians are going online for the first time just as concern about Internet hoaxes reaches a fevered pitch.

*A FALSE CLAIM  circulating on social media  last month said Beijing was seeking to wage a biological warfare against Indonesia. The Chinese embassy said the reports were ''misleading'' *.

YESTERDAY,  President Joko Widodo named Major General Djoko Setiadi, a former Chairman of the country's encryption agency, to lead the new body.

DJOKO'S  tasks includes cracking down on  TERRORIST NETWORKS  that communicate online and combating online hate speech that has been blamed for driving Fundamentalism.

He said : ''We will control cyberspace. Our technology will not only be able to detect, but also penetrate [ terrorist ] networks. ''

Chief Security Minister Wiranto said : ''We  need this body to help maintain security nationally, regionally and globally.''  AFP.

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