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on Monday February 01 2016, @06:57AM
from the what's-the-code-for-netflix-porn dept.
from the what's-the-code-for-netflix-porn dept.
TV and movie lovers in Asia jumped for joy earlier this month when Netflix finally launched throughout the region.
Some in Indonesia, however, weren't so excited by the news. The country's largest telco, PT Telkom Indonesia, announced that as of 12 a.m. Wednesday morning they had blocked access to the streaming service on all of its Internet platforms.
Dian Rachmawan, Telkom's Director of Consumers, said the ban was put in place due to Netflix not following the country's broadcast laws and for having violent and "pornographic" content, Indo Telko reports. The exec did not specify which content the company found to be overly violent or indecent.
No cewek cewek nakal [girl bad girl] for you!
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Netflix Too Full of Porn and Violence, Indonesia's Largest Telco Says
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Monday February 01 2016, @10:13AM
I wonder if the Indonesian public agrees with this blocking of Netflix. There must be some popular support, otherwise I expect Telkom will very quickly be frog marched into undoing the block.
What could their motive be anyway? I don't believe for a second that they're really interested in the public good, or actually in such high dudgeon over obscenity. They're posturing. Maybe they have or plan to have their own for-profit streaming service or cable tv, and this is merely an anti-competition move.
If the people are fervent believers in free speech (doubtful), then not only will the block be shot down, new laws will be enacted to stop this nonsense of content carriers daring to sit in judgment of the content. We'll see.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Monday February 01 2016, @12:50PM
The Indonesians have their own version of Jerry Falwell. With the exception of Bali (Hindu) it's a heavily Muslim country. It's not surprising that cosmopolitan forces in places like Djakarta are drowned out by the rest.
Washington DC delenda est.