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Police open probe into incest-promoting Facebook groups
The police have begun cracking down on Facebook groups that allegedly posts adult content revolving around incest, amid mounting calls for the operators behind these illicit accounts to be brought to justice.
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Incest word appears in dictionary. (Shutterstock/Casimiro PT)
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he police have begun cracking down on a Facebook group that allegedly posts adult content revolving around incest, amid mounting calls for the operators behind these illicit accounts to be brought to justice.
Speaking in a press conference on Saturday, Jakarta Police spokesperson Adj. Sr. Comr. Reonald Simanjuntak said that the city police’s cybercrime division has opened a probe into a Facebook group called “Fantasi Sedarah”.
The group, which roughly translates to blood relative fantasies, had reportedly been posting incest-themed content and narratives, particularly targeting minors. It remains unclear, however, if the Facebook group also posted explicit pictures and pornographic materials.
“The Jakarta Police’s cybercrime division will investigate and probe the Facebook [group]. We will investigate and probe everything on it,” he told reporters.
The Facebook group and its content have stirred criticism from netizens across various social media platforms, many of whom are wary because some of the content sexualized children. Some people have also flagged other groups that posted similar contents.
The Communications and Digital Ministry has moved quickly by coordinating with Meta, Facebook’s parent company, to block the group, along with five others that posted similar content.
"These groups fall under the [category] of disseminating [content] that contradict prevailing societal norms," Alexander Sabar, the ministry’s digital monitoring director general, said in a statement on Friday.
