Ministry of Communication and Informatics Deploys Ais Machine To Block Porn Links On Facebook

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) has spoken out regarding the mass tagging incident on links containing pornography on Facebook.

The Kominfo has operated a crawling machine or Ais to ward off negative content on social media.

"The results of the Facebook investigation show that mass-tagging occurs randomly and is not targeted at specific individuals, and is a phishing attempt in which users are directed to access the tagged link to them", said Kominfo spokesman Dedy Permadi, Monday, April 26.

Furthermore, he said that currently Facebook has removed the pages involved in this phishing attempt, and blocked suspicious links from being posted on the Facebook platform.

In order to avoid phishing attempts, the Kominfo urges the public not to access suspicious links or messages, and to maintain account security.

"In addition, maintaining account security by re-ensuring security and privacy settings in all their social media accounts, chat applications, and e-mails", he concluded.

Previously, a number of Facebook accounts were known to have received tags from unknown people. This activity is suspected of being a phishing campaign.

Phishing itself is a technique for accessing user accounts - where after the user visits a site or page that has been distributed, it turns out that the page contains malware that is harmful to the account and can spread to friends on social media.

To avoid mass-tagging phishing, Facebook users are advised to change the notification settings for the accounts that tag them. Users simply click the bell or notification icon in the top right corner.

After that, click on the three dots icon on the right and select notification settings. Then click the sign menu, then change to the friend option to avoid tags from unknown people's accounts.