According to the latest report, a senior Indonesian official said on Sunday that Indonesia will temporarily open access to third-party payment PayPal, allowing users to distribute their funds. Indonesia’s ban on several unregistered internet companies sparked an outcry.
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Indonesia’s communications ministry on Saturday blocked eight unregistered internet companies including PayPal, search engine site Yahoo and several gaming services including Steam and Epic Games.
The reason is that Indonesia issued new regulations at the end of November 2020, requiring domestic and foreign technology companies to register a license with the Ministry of Communications and Information, under which the authorities will be empowered to remove content deemed illegal or disrupting public order. And these businesses did not complete the registration by the deadline stipulated in the license.
However, this move attracted strong criticism and protests from netizens. Considering the extensive impact of the suspension of PayPal services, PayPal was then temporarily allowed to continue providing services for five days.
Communications ministry officials argued the measure was to protect Indonesian internet users and the digital ecosystem, saying authorities would unblock the sites if they followed registration rules.
