Indonesia Threatens to Block Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons Access
en.tempo.coI would usually side with Wikipedia, but the article says the registration process the government is asking for is free, and a from a quick google, not really invasive. It does seem to require a tax number of some sort, which could be a problem, but still, is not exactly a super unreasonable ask. The government reaction is kinda unreasonable, specially towards fucking Wikipedia of all sites, but, alas.
Side note, Jesus Christ on a bicycle, this site has a ridiculous amount of ads. Literally could not read the article at the first try, had to reload and enable reader mode before the 1937391 popups started jumping on my face.
> and a from a quick google, not really invasive
EFF article about this (2021): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/indonesias-proposed-on...
> this site has a ridiculous amount of ads. Literally
Other sources:
- Indonesia Threatens to Block Wikipedia Over PSE Registration Deadline: https://rri.co.id/en/national/2336218/about.html
- Under blackout threat, Wikimedia to hold talks with Indonesia: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260417-under-blackou...
Related:
- https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/15/indonesia-blocks-edito... (talks about the auth domain blockage only)
Damn, I stand corrected. In my defense, it was a really quick google.
haha, call their bluff and let them block it, see how long that actually lasts
They blocked Reddit (since a long time)[0] and DuckDuckGo as well (up until now),[1][2] and formerly, the Internet Archive[2]
[0]: https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?probe_cc=ID&since=2015-0...
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41157550
[2]: https://explorer.ooni.org/country/ID?since=2026-03-18&until=...