Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – From last Monday (21/3) to Tuesday today, there are many tweets on Twitter social media from spam bot with content that seems to enliven GoTo’s initial public offering (IPO) plan on the IDX. This then caused a lot of discussion on social media with accusations of being unfavorable to PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo), which plans to list its shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in April.
Obviously, this accusation has become a discussion for netizens, considering that there has been a history of using social media accounts to carry out pompoms to enliven the Bukalapak IPO in August last year.
This accusation also appears in several threads (thread) on Twitter which posted a series of examples of why these spammers are alleged to be trying to build a buzz on social media. Actually, these accounts have the same characteristics, namely recently created, using names or photos that may not be original, have a number of follower which is very little, and uploads nearly exact information and statements between one account and another.
When asked for confirmation by CNBC Indonesia Regarding this matter, Koesoemohadiani, GoTo’s Corporate Secretary, firmly denied GoTo’s use of spam or pompoms to make their initial offerings more salable.
“We observe this and deeply regret the occurrence of such irresponsible practices. These actions are clearly not part of the company’s actions, because we fully understand the negative impact of such actions on the company’s reputation and the GoTo initial offering process. This is also very contrary to with the principles of good corporate governance that we adhere to.”
As a follow-up, GoTo’s management has taken quick and decisive steps by reporting the irresponsible content to Twitter as the platform provider, because the content clearly violates Twitter’s ‘Policy regarding Platform Manipulation and Spam’. Twitter has conducted an in-depth investigation and the accounts have been suspended for violating the Twitter Rules.
GoTo also asked Twitter to take action on these ‘ghost accounts’ so as not to cause problems that harm GoTo’s reputation and add to chaos on social media. Also so that practices like this don’t happen again in the future, not only for GoTo but also for other prospective issuers who are trying to do an initial public offering and take a floor on the IDX.
“In this IPO process, we always try to maintain good and responsible communication to the wider community, both to introduce the IPO plan, as well as educating the public about the benefits and risks of investing in shares,” explained Koesoemohadiani.
We take these steps by using communication channels that can provide accurate and credible information, such as access to the GoTo prospectus and procedures for ordering e-IPO through the company’s website, as well as informing the GoTo IPO plan through mass media.
“We invite potential investors to continue to obtain and study information from reliable sources, including the company’s official channels or the IDX e-IPO website to be able to make the best investment decisions,” he concluded.
(RCI / dhf)
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