Facebook, Google, WhatsApp illegal in Indonesia unless they register for licenses


The mobile phone apps for, from left, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are shown on a device in New York. The digital giants are given time until July 20 to complete the registration for licensing. Otherwise, the ministry will label them illegal and unlawful in the country. — AP

JAKARTA: The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics, reported Xinhua.

The digital giants are given time until July 20 to complete the registration for licensing. Otherwise, the ministry will label them illegal and unlawful in the country.

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