Η Indonesian government seriously considering blocking many acquaintances online services in the country
Η government in Indonesia has already banned some of these services including Steam, Epic Games, PayPal and Yahoo. All of these companies failed to comply with a new requirement related to the country's restrictive content restriction laws.
In other words, the new rules require the “Private Electronic Systems Providers» to register in the government's new database for having permission to operate in the country. Otherwise, their operation in the country will be banned immediately.
Why is the Indonesian government blocking online services?
In general, these requirements are part of a general law, ie MR5 which was initially introduced in 2020. The Indonesian government has passed the laws so that they can to receive data about specific users. Moreover, since they have complete control over their activity, the government can insist on remove content that «disturbs public order' or is considered illegal.
Quick update for those asking-
The blocks are not permanent, assuming the companies register and comply with the regulation, and Kominfo has already reached out to these companies to ensure compliance and reverse the block.
Here is a list of affected services: pic.twitter.com/6K121xVEMP
- Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) July 30, 2022
Any platform that falls into this category of “Idiotic Electronic Systems Providers" he's got 4 hours to take actions characterized as “urgent” removal requests or 24 hours in the case of any other content.
In 2021, the digital rights team Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) stated that Indonesian laws they violate human rights. It's hard not to agree with that, because it turns out that local government will be able to decide what content is right and wrong. At the beginning July 202, the EFF sent a letter to the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo). In the official letter, we can read that the government is asked to cancel the "invasive content moderation rules».
The mentioned services are no longer available in the country and this naturally caused a disturbance. However, the Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, TikTok, Twitter, Netflix and Spotify registered for the provision of the relevant license from last week.
The Chief Executive Officer Kominfo, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, stated that the PayPal will remain accessible for 5 days from July 31st, and they hope this window of time will provide "enough time for users to be able to get their money and find other legitimate services."
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