Reuters reveals Indonesia getting ready tricky new curbs for on the net platforms – Reuters Information Agency

Reuters unveiled Indonesia is readying difficult new principles that will allow it to fine and criminally demand web and social media platforms, potentially slowing on the net firms’ fast growth in a $70 billion sector. The regulations, which authorities feel are needed to make platforms clear away “unlawful” articles quickly, are between the most stringent globally on social media and stick to intensifying crackdowns on online content that have alarmed activists in nations around the world like India.