Phinisinews/Reuter - Jakarta, Senior executives from the Asia Pacific headquarters of Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google met Indonesian tax officials on Wednesday to negotiate the internet search company's tax bill, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

No agreement has been reached yet, said the person, who declined to be named as the information was confidential.

A Google spokesman declined to comment.

Indonesia plans to pursue Google for five years of back taxes, and the U.S. company could face a bill of more than $400 million for 2015 alone if it is found to have avoided payments, senior tax official Muhammad Haniv told Reuters last month.

Google Indonesia has said it continues to cooperate with local authorities and has paid all applicable taxes.

Indonesia is eager to ramp up tax collection to reduce its budget deficit and fund an infrastructure program. Other governments around the world are also seeking to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance.

Thailand is studying plans to toughen tax collection rules for internet and technology firms, the head of the Revenue Department told Reuters last month.

Ken Dwijugiasteadi, Indonesia's director-general of taxes, declined to comment on whether the meeting with Google took place on Wednesday, but told Reuters in a text message: "When the time is right, we will hold a press conference."

The tax office alleges that Google's local entity, PT Google Indonesia, paid less than 0.1 percent of the total income and value-added taxes it owed last year, with most of the revenue from the country being booked at Google's Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore.

The Indonesian tax office has estimated the total advertising revenue for the industry in Indonesia at around $830 million a year, with Google and Facebook Inc (FB.O) accounting for around 70 percent of that.

But a joint study by Google and Singapore state investor Temasek released earlier this year estimated this at $300 million for 2015.

(Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo and Eveline Danubrata in Jakarta; Additional reporting by Hidayat Setiaji; Editing by Bill Tarrant and Jane Merriman)

Phinisinews - (Reuter) An Indonesian court jailed a woman for 20 years on Thursday for murdering her college friend by poisoning her coffee, ending a dramatic case that gripped the country for months.

Foto : Jessica Kumala Wongso, who is accused of murdering her friend by poisoning her coffee with cyanide, gestures after her trial at the Central Jakarta Court in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Jessica Kumala Wongso, 27, an Indonesian citizen and permanent resident of Australia, remained expressionless while hearing the verdict and sentence.

"The defendant has been proven guilty of premeditated murder," presiding judge Kisworo said to applause from a packed courtroom without suggesting a motive.

"...The murder was vile and sadistic because the defendant did it to her own friend."

Wongso told the three-judge panel she thought the verdict was "unfair and one-sided".

Defense lawyers said she would appeal.

The two women had been meeting at a cafe in a central Jakarta mall when victim Wayan Mirna Salihin took a sip of a cyanide-laced drink, collapsed on the floor and went into convulsions, according to prosecutors. She died by the time she arrived at hospital.

Dozens of police were positioned around the Central Jakarta courtroom as crowds scrambled to get in to hear the verdict. The trial had heard testimony from a string of forensic and psychological experts and the case has generated headlines since Wongso was arrested earlier this year.

President Joko Widodo's administration waded into the case, saying Wongso would not be executed if she got the death penalty, according to media. The deal was made with Australia in order for Australian police to assist in the investigation.

Australia does not have the death sentence and opposes its use in other countries.

(Reporting by Djohan Widjaya; Additional reporting and writing by Kanupriya Kapoor; Editing by Nick Macfie)

Phinisinews - CNN, Michelle Payne knows how crazy it sounds to be grateful for a fall -- but she's grateful nonetheless.

The choice of word seems odd when you consider that she had her stomach trampled on by half a ton of racehorse just five months ago.

Three-quarters of her pancreas was severed. The surgeon saved it after cutting through layers of muscle to reach it, her liver was lacerated; and for days she recalls thinking: "I can't go on."

But last year's Melbourne Cup winner told CNN: "It was a blessing in disguise as it breathed life back in. There was no media near me, I got to get back on top of things mentally.

"So in some ways it was a good thing, in some ways I'm grateful. It just may have been an extreme way to get to that point!"

Payne is no stranger to drama, last year becoming the first female winner of the Melbourne Cup, befittingly in the purple, white and green colors of the Suffragettes.

But much like her life -- laid bare so honestly in her autobiography "Life As I Know It" -- the fairytale, as she calls it, has been punctuated by massive pitfalls, most recently being replaced as the jockey of last year's winner Prince of Penzance.

For the 31-year-old, there have been a lot of highs since that famous win, but for all her effervescent personality -- her "get stuffed" reaction to her victory has gone down in horse racing folklore -- being in the spotlight has not always been a pleasant experience.

And she may still get a chance to ride in the "race that stops a nation." Australia's Daily Telegraph recently reported that her run of good of form could see her given a chance on the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum-owned horse Qewy.

"The hardest part has been the stress in my life but you have to take the good with the bad," she says.

At times, she finds the interviews hard, pausing for reflection to explain why before saying: "I think that looking back about things really wears me out."

While the recent past throws up highs, in the more distant past is heartache. Her mother Mary died in a crash when she was just six years old leaving her father Paddy to raise 10 children on his own.

Then eight years ago, her sister Bridget suffered head injuries in a riding fall, had a seizure a few days later and died.
"I've had some tough times and it's not been easy," she says of the personal tragedies, "but then nothing in life is easy.

"I definitely didn't think I would have had the crazy life I've had so far. I'm hoping the next 30 years aren't as crazy as the first 30! At least it means nothing in life surprises me anymore. I shake my head at things that happen but hopefully it all settles down."

Foto : Michelle Payne back in the saddle riding earlier in the year.

In some ways, Payne pines for the quiet life. She is slowly moving into training -- she currently has just two horses under her tutelage -- and there are clearly aspirations for more success.

But for now, her future goal is to enjoy life. "The horses are a hobby and I just want to enjoy that and life on the farm having a bit of peace."

Meeting her idol

Her life to date has been sufficiently captivating for a movie to be made by the Oscar-nominated actress and director Rachel Griffiths.

"As you can imagine, it's quite surreal so I try not to think about it. I try not to get too involved -- although they'll tell me who they've got in mind to play me -- and hopefully they do a great job.

"But it's crazy. My hero's Roger Federer and they're not making a movie about him but they are about me."

A clear high of the past year has been to meet her idol, whose first words regarding her Melbourne Cup triumph were simply "well done."

"I think anybody in elite sport knows how hard it is to be successful so he just sort of congratulated me on that," she adds.

"But that was great. I never in my wildest dream imagined I'd meet Roger Federer."
Payne is slowly coming to terms with the impact she has made on the racing world and the boost she has given women in sport.

Her sisters tried to persuade her to call time on her riding career, and at times she was 50-50 whether to return. But that return has been vindicated by her first comeback win in the Coleraine Cup.

"The fall was the worst week of my life," she admits. "The pain was just incredible, such a shock. I got trodden on with my horse at full gallop and the pain was so much I had to double up on painkillers.

"I ended up hallucinating and then had to have an epidural that didn't work, and there were tubes coming out of everywhere. It was a nightmare. I didn't think poor me, I just wanted to survive and by day three or four I didn't think I could go on."

Foto : Payne was a guest of honour at the Australian Open semi-final between Johanna Konta and Angelique Kerber.

She remains in awe of the nurses and doctors who got her back on her feet, in particular the surgeon who saved her pancreas, and, as a result, "also saved me from being a diabetic for the rest of my life."

'I'll never lose hope'

But her view is: "When it's your time, it's your time. I could be in an accident on the road today or tomorrow. Whatever will be will be. But I couldn't not do this."

Payne argues she has another year or two left in her as a jockey but that there was never once a concern of getting back in the saddle.

She rode for the first time in training five weeks after surgery despite not being pain free until three months after the operation. Now, she says: "I've never felt better."

Fit and firing, it has given her the opportunity to dwell more on that famous win.

Whatever happens this year and beyond, that can never be taken away from her.

Phinisinews - CNN -28/10/16, Japanese military aircraft are increasingly engaging in dangerous intercepts of Chinese planes, putting the safety of Chinese fliers at risk and damaging bilateral relations, China's Defense Ministry said Thursday.

Japan reported earlier this month that it has scrambled its warplanes 407 times between April 1 and September 30 in reaction to increased Chinese military flights near Japanese airspace.

That's almost double the number of intercepts Japan's Air Self Defense Force made on Chinese aircraft in the same period in 2015.

"Such high-frequency reconnaissance against China not only disturbs the routine training of the Chinese military but also undermines the security interests of China," Col. Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, said at a briefing on Thursday.

( foto : The Chinese Air Force sent more than 40 aircraft to the West Pacific near the Japanese island of Okinawa in late September.)

Wu said Japanese planes were using dangerous tactics during those intercepts.
"The aircraft of Japanese Air Self Defense Force switched on the fire control radars or even dropped an infrared countermeasure bomb during encounters with Chinese aircraft," Wu said, calling those actions "unprofessional and dangerous."

Wu said Chinese military flights near Japan were completely within international law and standard aviation practices.

Japan's disproportionate response risked accidents and relations, he said.

Japan's Defense Ministry did have any immediate comment on the Chinese allegations when contacted by CNN on Friday.

China did not cite any specific incidents during Thursday's briefing.

F-15-Su-30 encounter reported
During the summer, China said two Japanese F-15 jets locked their fire control radars onto two Chinese Su-30 jets during a June 17 encounter over the East China Sea.

When the Chinese jets maneuvered to counter the Japanese move, the Japanese fighter fired their infrared countermeasures, China's Defense Ministry said.

And in late September, Japan sent up fighter jets after eight Chinese military planes crossed between Okinawa and the Miyako islands near Taiwan.

Chinese fleet flies in Miyako Strait
It was the first time that Chinese military aircraft had been seen in the Miyako Strait, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at the time.

Shen Jinke, an official with the People's Liberation Army Air Force, said that a fleet of 40 aircraft were sent to the West Pacific via the Miyako Strait for a "routine drill on the high seas," according to China's official Xinhua news agency.

The fleet, which included H-6K bombers, Su-30 fighters and air tankers, simulated reconnaissance and early warning attacks on sea-surface targets. It also conducted in-flight refueling to test the Air Force's fighting capacity, Xinhua added.

The report added that the fleet conducted routine patrols in China's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), which the country set up in the East China Sea in 2013 despite objections from Tokyo and Washington.

Japan rejects the ADIZ, which encompasses disputed islands that are known as the Senkakus in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

Japan also has an ADIZ over the islands, which it administers.

Both China and Japan claim ownership of the islands and tensions have flared numerous times in recent years.

While they are uninhabited, their ownership would allow for exclusive oil, mineral and fishing rights in the surrounding waters.

CNN's Katie Hunt, Yoko Wakatsuki and Bex Wright contributed to this report.

Phinisinews - "Apa yang ada dalam pikiran Anda?" demikian Facebook menyapa kepada para penggunanya yang berjumlah tak kurang dari 1,7 miliar.

Pertanyaan seperti ini pula yang diajukan para psikolog ketika memulai konsultasi dengan para klien. Secara naluriah kita juga mengajukan pertanyaan serupa kepada kawan atau anggota keluarga yang sepertinya sedang memiliki masalah.

Kegiatan kita di media sosial bisa mengungkap kondisi kejiwaan dan tak mengherankan jika para ahli sekarang juga mencermati status, catatan, dan bahkan apa saja yang kita bagikan di media sosial untuk menganalisis kondisi mental kita.

Kajian terhadap 555 pengguna Facebook di Amerika Serikat menunjukkan orang-orang yang ekstrover cenderung menulis pesan atau mengunggah hal-hal yang terkait aktivitas sosial dan kehidupan sehari-hari dan mereka ini melakukannya relatif sering.

Orang-orang yang punya kepercayaan diri yang rendah biasanya mem-posting pacar atau pasangan yang romantis, sementara yang terkena narsisime lebih sering memamerkan keberhasilan mereka.

Atau memamerkan diet atau kegiatan mereka untuk menurunkan berat badan.

Kajian lain memperlihatkan orang-orang yang banyak mengunggah selfie biasanya lebih narsisistik dan psikopatik dan mereka yang memoles foto secara digital boleh jadi punya kepercayaan diri yang rendah.

Media sosial sebagai terapi?

Pernah marah-marah dan melampiaskan emosi di Facebook atau Twitter dengan harapan tindakan ini bisa meredakan suasana hati?

Mungkin Anda mengira mengeluarkan kemarahan di media sosial akan membantu menenangkan kondisi mental, namun para ahli di Meksiko memperingatkan media sosial bukan terapi atas persoalan kejiwaan.

Artinya, Anda harus memikirkan kemungkinan bahwa marah-marah di Facebook atau Twitter mungkin saja akan membuat suasana hati Anda lebih parah lagi.

Tapi marah-marah di media sosial juga punya sisi positif.
Para peneliti di Australia menelusuri cuitan untuk 'memindai orang-orang yang berisiko' melakukan bunuh diri, seperti yang dilakukan akademisi Helen Christensen.
Ia dan timnya -dengan menggunakan program khusus- memantau twit dan menggolongkan cuitan mana saja yang memerlukan perhatian khusus, misalnya dengan memberitahukan risiko bunuh diri kepada keluarga, dokter, atau psikolog.

Kenapa Anda selalu merasa sibuk (meski sebenarnya tidak.

Kenapa sekarang bukan zamannya lagi 'go online'

Di internet juga sudah banyak muncul komunitas online yang memantau posting yang dinilai mengisyaratkan kemungkinan seseorang melakukan bunuh diri dan komunitas ini kemudian menawarkan bantuan kepada yang bersangkutan.

Para peneliti tidak hanya memantau aktivitas di media sosial, bahkan ketika tiba-tiba ada yang 'menghilang dari jagad media sosial' para ahli bisa menyimpulkan bahwa seseorang sedang atau tengah mengalami depresi.

Senang dan sedih

Hal lain yang dilakukan para pakar adalah mengukur kebahagiaan dengan memantau twit berbagai bahasa, termasuk bahasa Inggris, Prancis, Arab, dan bahasa Indonesia.

Ini dilakukan oleh tim peneliti yang tergabung di Hedonometer Project yang menggunakan aneka teks dari Twitter, surat kabar, Google Books, dan bahkan judul film untuk mendapatkan suasana hati pemakai media sosial.

Mereka mengumpulkan 10.000 kata yang paling banyak dipakai dan kemudian menilai tiap kata berdasarkan skala positif-negatif.

Tim di proyek tersebut sekarang memakai pendekatan ini untuk menganalisis tingkat kebahagiaan pengguna Twitter.

Mereka juga menganalisis bagaimana kebahagiaan atau kepuasaan terkait dengan faktor lain seperti status sosial ekonomi, geografi, dan demografi.
Jadi, apa yang kita baca dan bagikan di media sosial -tanpa kita sadari- sebenarnya adalah pintu masuk tentang apa yang sebenarnya ada di dalam hati dan benak kita.

Artikel asli dalam bahasa Inggris yang ditulis Bianca Nogrady: Your Facebook sharing can reveal hidden signals about you.

Phinisinews - Media sosial seperti Facebook adalah tempat ideal bagi para perekrut untuk melihat kandidat. Tetapi apakah alat yang bagus itu membiarkan perusahaan melakukan diskriminasi?

Hampir empat bulan lalu, Lisa Dorahay menelusuri Facebook ketika dia melihat iklan lowongan kerja di newsfeed-nya.
Dia tidak terlalu ingin mencari pekerjaan baru dan sangat jarang ibu tiga anak ini menggunakan media sosial. Tetapi iklan mencari asisten paruh waktu di agen rekrutmen tampak sempurna untuknya.

Dia mengikuti tautan itu untuk mendaftar dan diwawancara tiga hari setelahnya, lalu mendapat kerja di Zealand agency, Human Connection Group di pekan selanjutnya.

Dorahay kini menyadari bahwa iklan itu secara khusus memang menyasar orang seperti dia.

Iklan Facebook bukanlah fenomena baru - Anda pasti juga bisa melihat iklan semacam itu di lini masa Anda.

Tetapi Anda pasti juga melihat ada iklan lowongan kerja untuk peran dan industri yang jauh dari kerja Anda saat ini.

Tampaknya, ini di sengaja karena para perekrut ingin mencari orang yang memiliki keahlian spesifik, berdasarkan informasi yang Facebook pelajari dari perilaku Anda di media sosial itu.

Ketika lebih banyak perekrut kerja menggunakan alat ini, sejumlah orang khawatir bahwa kemampuan membidik target dengan tajam ini bisa membuat perekrut mendiskriminasi usia, etnis, agama, dan gender.

Ketika BBC Capital mengontak Facebook, mereka menolak untuk berkomentar terkait praktik perekrutan dalam platform itu.

Cara kerjanya seperti ini: layanan iklan Facebook adalah layanan yang memungkinkan bisnis membayar untuk memasang iklan dinewsfeed orang-orang.

Ketika menempatkan iklan, bisnis bisa memilih tipe orang yang mereka inginkan, berdasarkan usia, jenis kelamin, kesukaan, ras, agama, dan lainnya.

Facebook bukan satu-satunya media sosial yang menyediakan iklan dengan target spesifik - banyak platform mengkoleksi data dari penggunanya dan menawarkan layanan yang sama.

Misalnya, Google+ dan Instagram yang dimiliki Facebook juga menawarkan layanan yang sama, sementara LinkedIn memungkinkan perekrut membuat iklan spesifik berdasarkan usia, jenis kelamin, tetapi tidak bisa memilih ras atau orientasi seksual.

Miliaran kandidat potensial

Pendiri agen marketing digital berbasis di London Link Humans, Jorgen Sundberg memperkirakan 10% dari agen perekrut di Inggris (yang totalnya sekitar 20.000) kini menggunakan layanan iklan Facebook.

"Facebook memiliki data individu terbanyak, tentunya, dibandingkan perusahaan teknologi lain," katanya.
Juru bicara Facebook mengatakan perusahaan tidak bisa membagi data jumlah perekrut kerja yang menggunakan layananya, dan menolak berkomentar lebih jauh.
Dengan 1,3 juta pengguna aktif per hari, Facebook adalah tempat Anda mencari kandidat untuk berbagai macam pekerjaan, kata pendiri agen media sosial di Inggris Social-Hire, Tony Restell.

Banyaknya variasi manusia di Facebook berarti pengiklan harus lebih spesifik dan akurat terkait siapa yang mereka ingin targetkan.

Ketika mereka tidak melakukannya, pada akhirnya kita akan melihat iklan lowongan kerja yang sangat tidak relevan bagi kita.

Tetapi Facebook tidak akan diam saja jika menemukan kesalahan itu, katanya.

Mereka menghadiahi pengiklan dengan penawaran harga yang lebih murah jika pengguna tertarik dengan iklan itu, dan memberi harga yang lebih mahal pada pengiklan yang iklannya tidak laku.

Hemat

Pendiri Human Connections Group dan perekrut Emily Richards kini menggunakan Facebook untuk mengisi satu dari tiga lowongan.

Lembaga perekrut kerja yang berbasis di Selandia Baru ini mengatakan dia menghabiskan US$14 atau sekitar Rp140.000 untuk menjangkau 10.000 orang, tergantung pada demografi - yang dia klaim sebagai jalan yang murah.
Tetapi para perekrut juga "sangat menyadari" bahwa kemampuan untuk menarget iklan mereka pada orang tertentu bisa menjadi sebuah bentuk diskriminasi.

"Saya pikir jika itu berada di tangan yang salah, ini bisa sangat merugikan untuk kesetaraan gender, kesetaraan ras, dan banyak hal yang kita upayakan dengan sangat keras supaya membuat itu tak terjadi," kata Richards.

'Dicari: Pria lajang. Vegetarian tidak usah melamar'

Untuk tujuan percobaan, sebagai gambaran bagaimana proses menyeleksi penerima iklan kerja terjadi, BBC Capital menguji layanan iklan kerja di Facebook.
Pertama, kita menargetkan hanya pria antara 18 hingga 25 tahun yang tinggal di New York.

Kami kemudian meniadakan (mengeluarkan) semua pria yang sudah menjadi orang tua atau memiliki pasangan. Seseorang bahkan bisa dikeluarkan hanya karena rasnya.
Kami lalu membuang kumpulan vegan, vegetarian, dan pria yang suka cokelat.

Audiens yang kami saring dengan super ketat itu akan diberikan iklan lowongan 'Bintang Media Sosial' dan segera akan disetujui oleh Facebook dan siap diluncurkan - kepada 430.000 pria muda, lajang, tanpa anak, dan pemakan daging.
Davida Perry, dari firma hukum di New York, Schwartz & Perry, mengatakan menarget kandidat untuk lowongan kerja menggunakan iklan Facebook bisa melanggar sejumlah aturan hukum.

Iklan yang sengaja ditargetkan pada audiens tertentu punya sisi gelap, tapi juga punya kelebihan.

Di Amerika, hukum federal terkait hak asasi manusia melarang proses perekrutan yang menndiskriminasi usia, ras, agama, gender, kehamilan, kebutuhan khusus, dan orientasi seksual.

Di Inggris, ilegal untuk mendiskriminasi ketika proses perekrutan dilakukan berdasarkan usia, gender, kehamilan, seksualitas, agama, atau status perkawinan.

Iklan Anda bisa menjadi bentuk diskriminasi bahkan jika Anda mengiklankan sebuah pekerjaan di majalah khusus pria.

Jadi meskipun iklan bertarget itu mungkin tidak terasa diskriminatif, proses menargetkan iklan itu untuk beberapa orang saja dan tidak untuk orang lain tetap bisa dikategorikan sebagai diskriminasi.

Tapi, meski proses yang digunakan untuk memasang iklan bisa jadi ilegal, berbagai kasus "kegagalan dalam proses perekrutan" ini "sangat, sangat sulit untuk dibuktikan", kata Perry.

"Membuktikan diskriminasi terhadap seseorang dalam lingkungan kerja saja sudah terasa cukup sulit."

Tapi, kata dia, jika perekrut mempublikasikan penargetan yang mereka lakukan, itu bisa membuka peluang bagi mereka diberikan sanksi sesuai hukum, entah dalam bentuk denda atau perintah pengadilan.

Kebijakan iklan Facebook menyatakan iklan "tidak harus menggunakan opsi penargetan untuk mendiskriminasikan, melecehkan, memprovokasi, atau meremehkan pengguna", dan pengiklan di Facebook wajib memastikan iklan mereka mematuhi hukum.

Facebook menolak berkomentar tentang praktik perekrutan yang ditargetkan pada platform mereka.

Upaya untuk kebaikan

Meskipun ada risiko, spesialis rekrutmen online mengajak masyarakat untuk tidak berpikir yang terburuk.

Sundberg dari Link Humans menggunakan analogi 'the force (kekuatan)' dalam film Star Wars: iklan yang ditargetkan dapat digunakan oleh sisi gelap, tetapi mereka juga dapat digunakan untuk kebaikan.

"Selalu ada pemain nakal di luar sana, tapi secara keseluruhan itu semua legit. Jika Anda seorang perekrut atau agen perekrut semua orang berteriak untuk keragaman, jadi saya tidak melihat alasan valid mengapa Anda harus menggunakannya untuk melakukan diskriminasi."

Anda juga bisa membaca artikel ini dalam bahasa Inggris berjudul How recruiters are stalking you on Facebook. 

Penulis : Nurjannah

Makassar - Phinisinews, Aksi damai pemuda Ikatan Mahasiswa Muhammadiah (IMM) turun ke jalan untuk memperingati hari sumpah pemuda dalam aksi "pemuda sehat pemuda berdaulat", pada 28/10/2016 di depan kampus Universitas Muhammadiah Makassar.

Penulis : M.Arifandy 

Makassar - Phinisinews, UKM Seni dan Budaya Talas Mahasiswa Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar melakukan aksi teaterikal dalam menyambut hari Sumpah Pemuda yang jatuh pada Jum'at. 28/10/16.