Indonesia’s communications ministry is stepping up the fight against misinformation with weekly briefings to discredit “fake news” and promote digital literacy ahead of a presidential election next year, TIME reports. The campaign period for the 2019 Presidential election officially began on 22 September, with both participants signing a declaration for a peaceful campaign, promising to conduct an election campaign that is safe, orderly, honorable and free from hoaxes. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on Indonesians to be aware of fake news in the upcoming simultaneous legislative and presidential elections, while dismissing once again rumors that he was a member of the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).