Indonesia blocks search engine DuckDuckGo citing gambling, pornography concerns

Indonesia blocks search engine DuckDuckGo citing gambling, pornography concerns

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Indonesia said it has banned the privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo, citing concerns that it could be used to access pornography and online gambling websites which are illegal in the country, the communications ministry said on Friday.

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