JAKARTA, Indonesia \u2014 The Indonesian government said Friday it\u2019s investigating Facebook over the privacy breach of its Indonesian users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said in a statement that it had asked the National Police chief to investigate possible violations of Indonesia\u2019s privacy law a day after Facebook announced that personal data of more than 1 million Indonesians might have been exposed by political consultant Cambridge Analytica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said Facebook representatives in Indonesia could face up to 12 years in prison and a fine of $871,000 if convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ministry summoned the representatives late Thursday to deliver a warning letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Communications Minister Rudiantara told reporters after the meeting that he has asked Facebook to stop its applications that could allow third parties to get users\u2019 personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe ask Facebook to provide us their audit results to see how the personal information is used by the Cambridge Analytica,\u201d said Rudiantara, who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Facebook Indonesia head of public policy Ruben Hattari said they will keep cooperating with the Indonesian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur main goal is to secure privacy data of all Facebook users,\u201d Hattari said after the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indonesia is the world\u2019s fourth-largest Facebook user with more than 115 million active members, and nearly 97 percent of them are on mobile devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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