Indonesian authorities say they will block access to the popular WhatsApp instant messaging app if it doesn’t remove sexually explicit content.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said yesterday on its website that it has already asked internet companies to block domain names used by Tenor, which provides animated image files known as GIFs through WhatsApp.
The government has sent three notices to WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook and widely used in Indonesia, asking it to remove pornographic content and will block the app if there’s no response by today, ministry official Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan said at a news conference this week.
Indonesia blocked web versions of the messaging app Telegram in July because it included chat groups for Islamic State group supporters.
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