Indonesia wanted to block WhatsApp because people are sending 'obscene GIFs'

WhatsApp appears to be the latest social media platform to run afoul of Indonesia's censorship rules.

The populous Southeast Asian nation on Monday vowed to block WhatsApp within 48 hours, if it did not ensure that "obscene" GIFs were removed from the platform.

SEE ALSO: Indonesia blocks Telegram, fearing terror groups using it to pass encrypted messages

Indonesia later dropped its threat after Tenor, WhatsApp's third party GIF provider, appeared to have fixed the issue.

"We see now that they have done what we asked. Therefore we won't block them," the director general from Indonesia's communication and informatics ministry, Semuel Pangerapan told Reuters on Tuesday. Read more...

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