Jokowi Asks Followers to Stop Campaign to Uninstall Unicorn App
- Founder of popular site had criticized Indonesia’s government
- President’s supporters then started a campaign against the app
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President Joko Widodo urged his supporters to end a social-media campaign that called on Indonesians to uninstall an app run by a popular online shopping site, after the company’s founder criticized the government’s research and development budget.
Jokowi, as the president is known, on Saturday met with Bukalapak.com’s chief executive officer and founder, Achmad Zaky, to tell him all was forgiven, according a statement from the president’s office. In the statement, Jokowi called on citizens to encourage young entrepreneurs, not boycott them.