Indonesian police uncover ‘fake news’ syndicate

Jakarta: Vicious. That was how Indonesian President Joko Widodo described social media users in his country who, in recent years, have taken to the Internet to propagate hate speech, slander and fake news.

He should know. After all, the president, popularly known as Jokowi, is often the subject of Internet memes accusing him of being a communist or implying that he is not a pure Muslim.