It wasn’t long when Indonesia surpassed the UK to become the country with the second largest number of Facebook users.
Indonesia achieved the feat in November 2010. As of February 1, 2012, India has dethroned Indonesia for the spot with a total of 43,497,980 Facebook users, and Indonesia with 43,060,360 Facebook users slipped to number three.
Facebook users growth in India
The U.S. with 155,701,780 Facebook users continues to be the largest Facebook Nation accounting for roughly 19% of the total Facebook users worldwide.
During the past 12 months or so, India recorded an impressive growth of 144%. On January 2011, India had only 16,915,900 Facebook users and was placed sixth.
Another country that showed a more impressive growth rate is none other than the largest South American country – Brazil. Brazil with 37,907,400 Facebook users is now the fourth largest Facebook Nation, with an impressive growth rate of 183% over the past year.
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Mohammad Wahyu Muharam, a university law student, was prosecuted over Facebook insult.
He apparently insulted his marching band mentor by referring his mentor as a “scoundrel” and “very greedy” on his Facebook page in August, last year.
“We ask for a suspended six-month jail for the defendant as he had insulted his marching band mentor on social networking website Facebook,” said prosecutor Lusiana according to reports.
The prosecutors reportedly reduce their recommended sentence after the defendant expressed regret.
The law student told reporters that he hoped his experience would be a lesson to other Facebook users and advised Facebookers to be more cautious in their postings.
Last week, another Indonesian teenager received a suspended jail sentence for posting insulting remarks to her romantic rival on the site.
The country is also said to be considering proposals to block internet sites that are deemed to violate “public decency” and privacy. According to the source, Facebook users or Facebook itself could be blocked under certain provisions of the draft regulations.
Around 8000 people is said to have joined a Facebook group to oppose the planned Internet restrictions.
Indonesia’s tough criminal defamation law has been criticized as one the world’s strictest.
