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This week, a screenshot began moving fast across Indonesian social media. It came from an Instagram account called Ganesa Space, and it showed something students did not expect to see. The image was a page from the online exchange system used by Bandung Institute of Technology, known in Indonesia as ITB. ITB is one of the most respected universities in the country. Many Indonesian engineers, scientists, and leaders studied there. What that screenshot revealed is not a small glitch to be quietly fixed. It is a question that ITB must answer in public, and a link that ITB must cut for good. In the screenshot, a dropdown menu on the exchange form lists “Israel” as a country. Next to it, […]
