The Face of Hateful Media

Kompas/Handining

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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s call to thoroughly investigate the Saracen group and its customers underlines a new phase in the government’s seriousness to eliminate the producers of hate narratives (Kompas, 28/8).

Saracen uses social media as a platform to spread hate and sell it as a high-valued commodity. The fake content was produced based on the order of clients and made viral through thousands of social media accounts.