Rahmat Wibowo accused Abil Sudarman and David Alfa Sunarna on YouTube of spreading a 'hoax' that Indonesia had been banned from Anthropic's Claude Startup programme, although the clip of Abil he played only warned that Indonesia 'could be banned' if the abuse went on, and told Abil 'stop lying so much'

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Rahmat Wibowo accused Abil Sudarman and David Alfa Sunarna on YouTube of spreading a 'hoax' that Indonesia had been banned from Anthropic's Claude Startup programme, although the clip of Abil he played only warned that Indonesia 'could be banned' if the abuse went on, and told Abil 'stop lying so much'

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He published it on YouTube on 10 October 2026. Minute links open the video at that point.

  • “A hoax.” He opens by saying he will “clarify a hoax spread by at least two influencers”, Abil Sudarman and David Alfa Sunarna, that “Indonesia was banned from the Claude Startup Program” (minute 0). He mentions that David has blocked him on Threads.
  • What the clip says. The only clip he plays is Abil’s, which he opens through a third-party Instagram story viewer. In it Abil criticises people who sign up with fake startups and resell the credits, says the programme “has been closed”, and warns that “otherwise Indonesia could be banned” from future subsidies (minute 0–1). It does not say Indonesia was banned. He plays nothing from David.
  • His proof. He reads Anthropic’s notice that it had decided to pause offers while it reviewed applications, then shows his own emails: InfraLoka’s offer was removed in the morning and approved again at 11 o’clock after a review. He concludes “who says Indonesians are banned? Think” (minute 2, 7). A pause and review is close to what the clip says.
  • “Stop lying.” He corrects Abil’s figure for the credits (“120 million, not 140 million. Wrong, Ababil”) and ends with “that’s a lie, stop lying so much, Ababil” and “why do so many people lie like this” (minute 8). In between he advertises 20 Claude seats at InfraLoka and plays his own AI-made animation (minute 3–6).

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[YouTube video, "InfraLoka Dapat Claude Startup Abil Sudarman dan David Alfa Sunarna Bohong Indonesia Tidak Dibanned", 10 October 2026, 9 minutes. Excerpts from YouTube's automatic captions.] [0:00] mengklarifikasi ada hoax yang disebarkan oleh setidaknya dua influencer ya, yaitu Abil Sudarman dan si David Alfa Sunarna. (clarifying a hoax spread by at least two influencers, namely Abil Sudarman and David Alfa Sunarna.) [1:00] (Abil's clip) Kalau enggak Indonesia bisa di-ban kalau ada subsidi-subsidi lagi besok-besok dari perusahaan lain. (Otherwise Indonesia could be banned if other companies offer subsidies in the future.) [2:00] Si dua itu ya, bilangnya Claude Startup di-banned ya, Indonesia ya. Bohong. Hoax ya. (Those two say Indonesia was banned from Claude Startup. Lies. A hoax.) [7:00] Udah. Tuh. Approved. [...] Mana ada orang Indo di-ban? Mikir. (There. Approved. [...] Who says Indonesians are banned? Think.) [8:00] Bohong itu. Jangan banyakkan bohong, Ababil. Gitu, Ababil Ababil. (That's a lie. Stop lying so much, Ababil. That's it, Ababil, Ababil.)