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View all search resultsIndonesia warns it could block X over vulgar content
X updated its policies on June 3 to formally allow consensual adult content, as long as it is clearly labeled as such.
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The government has warned it could block social media platform X for allowing users to showcase vulgar and pornographic content.
The Communications and Information Ministry underlined that the prevailing laws in the country prohibited pornographic content on all social media platforms.
"We already have a mechanism to prevent pornography in the digital realm, for example by filtering keywords related to pornography," Usman Kansong, the ministry’s information and public communication director general, said as quoted by Kompas.com.
Such prohibitions were stipulated in the Pornography Law and the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law.
Usman further emphasized that the ministry would not hesitate to impose sanctions on the social media platform for violating the regulations.
"The ministry can take [several firm] actions, from giving warnings and taking down content, to blocking access to [X],” he added.
