Indonesia's Minister Warns Of Shutting Down X Over Adult Content

Indonesia may close social media platform X for failing to comply with the country's strict rules that ban the sharing of adult content online.

Indonesia is prepared to shut down social media platform X if it does not comply with a regulation barring adult content, the country's communications minister said on Friday. Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority country, has strict rules that ban the sharing online of content deemed obscene.

Minister Budi Arie Setiadi told Reuters he had sent a warning letter to X related to this matter.

"We will certainly shut its services down," he said, pointing to Indonesia's electronic information and transaction (ITE) law that can carry a six-year jail sentence if someone spreads pornographic content.