Indonesia bans video sharing site for nudity

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia banned the popular video sharing site Vimeo, saying it contains nudity, which officials in the world’s most populous Muslim country consider to be pornographic material.

Information and Communication Minister Tiffatul Sembiring said in a statement Monday that he made the decision after receiving complaints from the public. He said the site content was against Indonesia’s anti-pornography law.

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