JAKARTA - The findings of Facebook which states that India and Indonesia which became the country's most fake facebook account owners receive various responses.

The Chairman of Communication Department of UPN "Veteran" Yogyakarta Dr Subhan Afifi, M.Si said Facebook has 2.13 billion active users monthly which increased 14% compared to 2017.

India and Indonesia are called by Facebook as the champions making fake accounts of 200 million fake accounts and clones on the most popular social media page as of December 2017.

According Afifi, this phenomenon can be observed in several points of view. First, the social media market especially facebook in Indonesia is very high. Indonesia, also India and Vietnam have a large ammount of contribution to facebook growth in 2017. The high number of facebook users in Indonesia cannot be separated from the characters of people who love to talk and share information, even though they are personal problems h. "Of course with such a large number of users bring up varied usage patterns, ranging from positive to negative," he said.

Second, continued Afifi, counterfeit or duplicate accounts need to be clarified in more detail for its category. A duplicate account is usually an account owned by a real user, in addition to the main account. The Counterfeit Account may be due to misperceptions, such as a business or hobby that should be contrived in the form of a special page, but it is created in a personal account. "Or it is completely fake with the intention of committing a breach of the rules, such as spamming, or other crimes. Facebook should be more detail in releasing the data, "he said.

According to Afifi, it should be observed in which category the so-called fake account is. It is because of the enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, community, sharing enlightenment, or just a hobby channel that is increasing among internet users. "It could be duplicate accounts created for business, community, sharing, hobbies, and others that are detected as fake accounts," he explained.

To prevent the phenomenon of fake accounts, according to Afifi, it needs to do some things as a joint movement that is the awareness to have a social media wisely in the form of various social media literacy program that is important thing.

"Tighter policy settings from Facebook to create accounts is more verifiable. The other important thing is the fair law enforcement on various violations in the online world and if it is not selective, it will cause deterrent effect and caution for social media users, "he explained. (ainun najib / www.sindonew.com)