Being a gamer in Indonesia right now is a nightmare and all because their government has blocked access to services like Steam, Epic Games Store, Origin Y nintendo store.
Such a drastic measure was taken by the Kominfothat is, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of said country. All to promote a series of laws against services not ‘aligned’ with them.
The companies behind these platforms, such as Valve Corporation, Epic Games, Electronic Arts Y Nintendodid not accept the new conditions that the authorities wanted to impose.
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So the government blocked their IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. Not only the sites Steam, Epic Games Store, Origin Y nintendo store were blocked but also those of Yahoo! Y PayPalwhich is catastrophic.
Because the Kominfo I act this way? The pretext of this entity is that all content ‘considered illegal’ must be removed within 24 hours. If by any chance it is something of an urgent nature then it should be removed in just… four hours!
Due to the ambiguity of this legislation and its exaggerated demands, the companies behind these services decided not to abide by it. It is a mystery if they will accept your requirements.
What are the laws that affected Steam, the Epic Games Store and other services?
The laws in question that affected Steam, Epic Games Store, Origin Y nintendo store are MR5 Y MR10. These are part of the mandatory registration of private operators of electronic systems (IT’S).
The first was broadcast in December 2020 and the second in May 2021. Since its approval, they have been harshly criticized by the media, civil groups and human rights defenders.
Many Indonesians consider MR5 Y MR10 threats to freedom of expression. It should be noted that none of the platforms mentioned above are prohibited.
They just can’t be accessed via the Internet. But some have already entered Steam through a vpn (Virtual Private Network). Perhaps that is the path that some will follow to access content ‘prohibited’ by their government.
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