Bad news for anyone concerned about their privacy who lives in or plans to visit Indonesia in the near future. As authorities ramp up their efforts to combat illegal online gambling and pornography, online privacy suffers as a result.
DuckDuckGo, a private search engine, is the first casualty.
On Friday, August 2, 2024, government officials told Reuters that the safe search engine had been disabled due to increasing complaints about online gambling and pornography content in its search results. According to local reports, the government intends to restrict access to free VPN services as part of a nationwide crackdown on criminal online activities.
Privacy at risk
As mentioned before, DuckDuckGo is a privacy tool that millions of individuals across the world use every day to browse anonymously and secure their private data. Enforcing a ban on its use deprives people who reside in or travel to Indonesia of a useful tool for protecting their online privacy.
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