Indonesia has blocked the website of search engine Yahoo, payment company PayPal and several gaming websites for failing to comply with licensing rules, an official said on Saturday.
Registration is required under rules published at the end of November 2020 and will give authorities broad powers to force platforms to disclose certain users' data and delete content. content is considered illegal or "disturbing public order" for four hours if they are urgent and another 2 hours.
Several tech companies rushed to sign up in the days ahead of a deadline that was extended to Friday, including Alphabet Inc, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp from Meta Platforms Inc and Amazon.com Inc.
Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, a senior official from the Indonesian Ministry of Communications said in a text message that blocked websites include Yahoo, PayPal and gaming sites like Steam, Dota2, Counter-Strike and EpicGames with other websites.
PayPal, the parent private equity firm of Yahoo, Apollo Global Management and US game developer Valve Corporation, which operates Steam, Dota and Counter-Strike, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. EpicGames could not be reached for comment.
Hashtags such as "BlokirKominfo" (blocking the Ministry of Communications), Epic Games and PayPal are trending on Twitter Indonesia, with many posts criticizing the government's decision as harming the Indonesian online gambling industry and people. Freelance using PayPal.
Pangerapan said the government will find a solution for people to withdraw their deposits from PayPal, which could include reopening access to its website for a short time, he told Metro TV.
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