Gametrain – The popularity of Free Fire made by Garena in Indonesia is undeniable.
In addition to successfully attracting a large number of players, there have also been various Free Fire tournaments that fans can participate in. The appeal of this battle royale game is so great that it creates tremendous excitement every time during an event.
However, recently there have been reports that Free Fire will be closed or banned in Indonesia. is it true?
Tracing the origins of this news, rumors about the government shutting down Free Fire, either of which were reported by a meme account or a joke on Instagram. Indozone.id. Combining two pieces of information that are not directly related, and then edited into one, this information seems convincing at first glance.
In the post, May 18, 2021, the reason Free Fire is shut down is because many minors are playing it while supplemental information is the “freestyle prostration” trend now being followed by many Free Fire fans.
The information about the trend is actually true as it actually happened some time ago, whereas the information on the close is an edited result. So, it is certain that the rumors of the government shutting down Free Fire are fake news or rumours.
Garena as a developer hasn’t reacted or announced yet. If Free Fire is indeed shut down or at least banned by the government, this game with a huge number of players certainly won’t be silent.
At least Garena will release an announcement in advance on the site and on its official social media accounts like various online games, unfortunately, they’ll have to run.
If you’re an old Free Fire player, you probably won’t be fooled by this news as this isn’t the first time Free Fire has been hit by similar news. Even such issues are often debated by netizens for many other game titles such as Mobile Legends.
Therefore, we should always be careful whenever we consume information, especially with obscure sources in cyberspace because the truth is often questioned. It would be nice, we as good users actually spread the real news instead of sharing this issue.
