#indonesia

The Indonesian government has blocked access to specific online services such as Steam, Epic Games, and more. The previously said companies including big ones such as PayPal and Yahoo are now banned in Indonesia as the companies failed to comply with a new requirement related to Indonesia’s content moderation laws. The requirement which is part of a bigger law in Indonesia allows the government to obtain data about specific users, as well as coerce companies into removing content that disturbs public order or is considered illegal. realme has officially launched its latest smartphones realme 7 and realme 7i in Indonesia. I'm still amazed at how this Indonesian site, Koprol, could get bought by a global internet giant like Yahoo! A lot of people are already using either FourSquare or Gowalla aside from the usual services like Twitter and Facebook but a home-brewed social networking site should give the Philippines some air-time in the global internet scene (like how Indonesia got its 15 minutes of the spotlight with Koprol). Might sound like a big number in the Philippines but for a country such as Indonesia that has 227 million people, that's just 0.04%. Aside from China and India, Indonesia is looking to be the next big source of internet users in Asia. Read more in our articles including "Indonesia bans Steam, Epic Games, and more" and "realme 7, 7i now official".