Indonesia blocks 'X' under porn control law

Regarding SNS 'X' (formerly Twitter), it turned out that in Indonesia, X's domain 'X.com' is blocked based on the pornography regulation law.

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According to Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Information, the domain X.com has been used in the past by sites that violated Indonesian laws banning 'negative' content such as pornography and gambling, so the country has banned X.com. is said to be restricted.

The ministry's Director of Information and Public Relations, Ousman Kanson, told local media, 'The government is asking X to explain the nature of the site.' It says that it will receive a letter saying that it will be used in the future.

X is said to be used by about 24 million people out of Indonesia's population of 270 million, but many people are unable to access it due to this regulation.

Indonesia, a country with many Muslims, may block popular websites from religious aspects or warn that they will be blocked.

In 2022, the Ministry of Information and Communications announced that popular sites such as Netflix, Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter will be blocked unless they submit details of the content displayed on the platform. I've managed to avoid bans in the past by submitting.

Netflix was blocked by Telecom Nikasi Indonesia shortly after its launch in 2016 over concerns about 'inappropriate content', including pornography, and remained restricted until mid-2020. Popular video sharing app TikTok was also temporarily blocked by authorities in 2018.

``I think X.com was blocked because it resembles XXX (an abbreviation for pornographic content),'' said Aribowo Sasmit, co-founder of the fact-checking organization MAFINDO. While stating that the Indonesian government's actions to block sexual content are strongly linked to religious aspects, 'users can easily circumvent the restrictions, so online censorship does not always achieve its goals.' There is no limit, ”he said.