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‘X’ Rebrand Gets Twitter Blocked Under Indonesia Porn Laws (www.thedailybeast.com)

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The domain X.com had previously been used by sites running afoul of the country’s rules on “negative” content.

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[–] AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Indonesia blocked most porn sites and reddit as well. But not twitter. Apparently, government officials are using it to "communicate" to the citizens.