Block porn or be blocked, Indonesia warns Google, Twitter


A sticker reading 'Review us on Google' is pictured at a computer store in Jakarta, Indonesia June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Agoes Rudianto

Indonesia has threatened to bar the world’s biggest social-media providers from operating in the country unless they comply with stringent demands to filter pornography and other content deemed obscene. 

Twitter Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and a host of companies have been put on notice by Indonesian Communications Minister Rudiantara, who warned that “all platforms” now face serious consequences if they don’t adhere to government requests to block content. 

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