Indonesia blocks Tumblr for having pornography, LGBT content

A screengrab of the Tumblr website.

JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has announced a plan on Wednesday to block microblogging and social networking website Tumblr in the country because of explicit content such as pornography as well as material referencing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) relationships.

Its communications and information ministry's e-business director Azhar Hasyim said his office had sent a statement to Tumblr, saying the website would be blocked in Indonesia until it agreed to remove explicit content.