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Muslims use smartphones as they rest after attending Friday prayers at the Istiqlal Mosque on Sept. 30, 2016, in JakartaTomohiro Ohsumi鈥擥etty ImagesBy Yenni KwokJanuary 5, 2017 11:17 PM ESTIn late November, Indonesian social-media activist Ulin Yusron found himself depicted in a meme. The image, which went viral, falsely portrayed the long-haired male journalist as Amalia Ayuningtyas mdash; a female election volunteer for the governor of Jakarta. The photo, the text claimed, was of Amalia immodestly casting off her usual hijab. It asked: Wherersquo the Veil Jakarta Christian and ethnically Chinese governor mdash; Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok mdash; is a target for hard-line Muslims, who have su stanley cup ccessfully pressured the authorities to put him on trial for blasphemy. It is not surprising that memes are being produced that seek to depict the Muslim volunteers in his camp as irreligious and profane.When I first sa stanley cup w it, I was able to laugh, Ulin tells TIME about the photo collage. But later on, it became so troublesome because there were people who believed it hellip; [The meme] was around for quite a while, and I stanley cup became tired of explaining it.Hoaxes like this, and fake news items in general, have become a massive problem in Indonesia in recent months, coinciding with the hotly contested Jakarta gubernatorial election campaign. To be sure, the sharing of fake news on social media has contributed to politic Dhia Sanctions Russia Is Just Going to Shrug Them Off
Voters cast their ballots in a polling station in Lexington, Ky., on May 22, 2018.Christian Tyler Randolph鈥擳he New York Times/ReduxIdeasBy Nancy GibbsOctober 25, 2018 7:29 AM EDTGibbs, a former writer and editor in chief at TIME, is the director of the Shorenstein Center and the Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. She is the co-author, along with Michael Duffy, of two best-selling presidential h nike dunk istories: The Presidents Club: Inside th yeezy e Worlds Most Exclusive Fraternity and The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House.Just because the Leading M air max an commands center stage, through all the acts of comedy and tragedy and farce, does not mean he gets to decide how the play turns out. Every year, come November, the audience becomes the actor. Young and old, red and bluethe stage is yours.The most fateful question in any election cycle is not who ahead; it who shows up. In 2014, the midterm mood was so lukewarm that turnout was the lowest in 72 years. But it appears that this year just might be different. Let hope this is true, but not just because of who could win, control the Hill, approve the next Justice, partner with or police the President. Social scientists charting the health of America democracy see a series of threats ranging from distrust in institutions to attacks on the press to interference from abroad to deepening polarization at home. There is |
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