Indonesia blocks access to Musk’s X social network because the domain was used for pornography | Cuyo’s diary

2023-07-26 22:53:24

Indonesia today blocked access to South African tycoon Elon Musk’s social network X, known until Monday as Twitter, because his domain x.com had been used in the country for pornography and gambling, the Indonesian portal reported. news Rmol.id.

“Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information stated that access to the website was restricted because the domain had been used by websites that did not comply with the country’s strict laws against negative content such as pornography and gambling,” the report published. medium and picked up the Sputnik news agency.

According to the portal, the Government has already contacted the X social network to clarify the nature of that digital platform.

Currently, Indonesians cannot access the social network, which has some 24 million users out of the 270 million inhabitants of the Asian country.

Initially, x.com was the name of an online bank that four businessmen, including Musk, founded in 1999 and which in 2001 was renamed PayPal.

Last Monday, Twitter changed its name and logo due to Musk’s decision to change the classic image of a blue bird to a white X on a black background.