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Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has blocked access to Tumblr, a popular microblogging site, for pornographic content, said multuple reports. According to Jakarta Globe the move came following public complaints about alleged indecent content.While the ministry has informed Tumblr to remove the immoral content from its platform within 48 hours, it received no response. As such, it blocked eight of Tumblr's Domain Name Servers on Monday, 5 March 2018.The ministry also tweeted that it received reports regarding "immoral content" and added that Tumblr lacks the tools to report immoral content.  Marketing Interactive has reached out to Tumblr for comment.1. Tim Aduan Konten telah menerima aduan dari masyarakat terkait konten asusila di platform T*mb*r. Setelah dilakukan penelusuran dan analisa konten, terdapat lebih dari 360 akun asusila pada medsos t*mb*r dot com dan aplikasinya.— Kementerian Kominfo (@kemkominfo) March 6, 20182. Ditemukan pula bahwa T*mb*r tidak memiliki mekanisme dan report tools untuk melaporkan konten asusila.— Kementerian Kominfo (@kemkominfo) March 6, 20183. Pada 28 Februari 2018, Tim Aduan Konten kemudian mengirimkan notifikasi melalui email kepada T*mb*r dan meminta T*mb*r untuk membersihkan platformnya dari konten-konten asusila, dengan batas waktu penanganan maksimum 2 x 24 Jam. — Kementerian Kominfo (@kemkominfo) March 6, 20184. Sampai lewat batas waktu yang diberikan tersebut, tidak ada respon dari T*mb*r, sehingga dilakukan tindakan pemblokiran terhadap 8 DNS T*mb*r pada hari Senin 5 Maret 2018 sore. — Kementerian Kominfo (@kemkominfo) March 6, 2018The move by the communication ministry sparked an outcry among Twitter users, with some tweeting that there was an option to report and filter sensitive content on the platform. Kalau anda sekalian melakukan riset yang benar, anda pasti akan tahu Tumblr telah mengimplementasikan Safe Search dari tahun 2017 dan Safe Search otomatis on dari Februari 2017, dan anda bilang 'tidak ada mekanisme untuk report' saat SAFE SEARCH bisa DINYALAKAN. — John Doe (@notpaull) March 6, 2018tambahan, tumblr juga ada fitur "filtering" agar pengguna bisa gunakan "safe mode" atau filter konten yang gak diinginkan, termasuk konten porno / nsfw. sayapun pakai fitur ini pic.twitter.com/5ZfI1kDUM7— ᴊᴇ check pinned (@silverishblue) March 6, 2018One Twitter user added that only approximately 0.2% Tumblr accounts contain immoral content, while another said the ministry took the easy way out instead of nipping the problem in the bud.tolong kalau buat kebijakan itu yg bijak krn ini menyangkut kepentingan banyak orng. Dari analisa hanya ada sekitar 0,2% akun yang mengandung asusila (300 dari 300k). Toleransi yang diizinkan Kominfo itu berapa ? mau 100% berisi konten positif ? mana bisa, tiada yang sempurna. — Naufal Yazid (@Mystoza) March 6, 2018How many more websites? What’s next? You’re going to block whatsapp also? Then introducing the chat apps that you could monitor and encrypt?— Wada' anzilah (@anziil) March 6, 2018In 2016, the ministry also blocked Tumblr for pornographic content, but the move was later reversed. According to multiple media reports, the ministry said that Tumblr does not consist entirely of pornographic content, adding that it is not possible for internet service providers to individually block accounts on the microblogging platform that have questionable content. The ministry also requested Tumblr to practice self-censorship.

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