The Indonesian government has limited access to Facebook and WhatsApp after deadly riots spread across Jakarta in the wake of the country’s presidential election results.
Authorities said blocking the social media platforms was necessary in order to limit the spread of fake news that may be inciting the protests. At least eight people have died and more than 700 injured since the riots began on Tuesday night.
Wiranto, Indonesia’s coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, said there had been deliberate attempts to share misinformation about security forces on WhatsApp.
One hoax story that spread rapidly on the Facebook-owned messaging app involved secret Chinese soldiers posing as riot police. Another conspiracy theory claimed police officers shot protesters inside mosques.
Jakarta Police spokesperson Argo Yuwono denied these claims, according to a statement reported by local media.
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate their party’s potential win as votes are counted for the Lok Sabha election in Bangalore, India. The Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, elections, began on 11 April and held for 542 of the 543 lower house seats. A party or alliance needs 272 seats to form a government. It was announced that Narendra Modi was to retain the position of Prime Minister along with the BJP
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4/50 20 May 2019
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EPA
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EPA
43/50 11 April 2019
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with a handball given to her by the German Handball Federation’s president as she received the German national handball team at the Chancellery in Berlin
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People hold candles as they attend a night vigil and prayer at the Amahoro Stadium as part of the 25th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide, in Kigali, Rwanda. April 7 begins 100 days of mourning for more than 800,000 people who were slaughtered in a genocide that shocked the world, a quarter of a century on from the day it began
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A portion of the field of 1,500 participants begins the trek to the highest point over the Florida Keys Overseas Highway’s longest span during the Seven Mile Bridge Run Saturday. The event features entrants running a course over the convergence of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico and helps to raise funds for local youth athletic programs
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49/50 5 April 2019
A refugee father and son lie on railway tracks to prevent a train from leaving a station during a protest in Athens, Greece. Dozens of migrants staged a protest in Athens central train station disrupting all railway services in the hope they will be transported to the Greek border and join other refugees attempting to follow a 2016 migration route towards northern Europe
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50/50 4 April 2019
Security agents and police officers hold back migrants during the evacuation of a makeshift camp at Porte de la Chapelle, in the north of Paris. More than 300 migrants and refugees were evacuated on early April 4 from a makeshift camp to accomodation structures
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The country’s communications minister said features like photo and video sharing would be temporarily restricted on the apps, though users would still be able to send text and voice messages.
Supporters of the unsuccessful candidate Prabowo Subianto claim the re-elected Joko Widodo favours the Chinese Indonesian community and is fostering overly close ties with China.
Police said the number of arrests linked to the riots had risen to 300. National police spokesperson Muhammad Iqbal said officers had found envelopes with money on some of the people they searched, suggesting instigators were behind the trouble.
“This is not a spontaneous incident, this is something by design. There are indications that the mobs are paid and bent on causing chaos,” he said on Wednesday.
Mr Prabowo, in a video posted to his Twitter account late on Wednesday, urged his supporters to disperse peacefully.
“I beg you to return to your homes to rest, avoid any actions that would break the law,” he said
The defeated candidate also said he plans to challenge the election result in the country’s constitutional court.
Additional reporting by agencies
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