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Netflix Too Full of Porn and Violence, Indonesia's Largest Telco Says

Accepted submission by Phoenix666 at 2016-01-27 22:22:11
Digital Liberty

Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

TV and movie lovers in Asia jumped for joy earlier this month when Netflix finally launched [cnet.com] throughout the region.

Some in Indonesia, however, weren't so excited by the news [cnet.com]. 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 [indotelko.com] reports. The exec did not specify which content the company found to be overly violent or indecent.

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