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'
| ID | ev-20261010-003 |
|---|---|
| Source | Rahmat Wibowo YouTube |
| Modus operandi | Fake Narratives Manipulation of Public Opinion |
| Targets | Abil Sudarman (Abigail Aryaputra Sudarman) David Alfa Sunarna |

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