A village in a conservative region of Indonesia is pulling the plug on the wireless Internet after children were caught accessing porn sites instead of going to Koran study class, officials said Monday.
Aceh province — the only region in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes Islamic law — has drawn fire in the past for publicly whipping people found guilty of a range of offences including homosexuality, gambling and drinking alcohol. Curee Baroh village has ordered half a dozen local cafes to shut their cheap WiFi service immediately.
It is located in the district of Bireun, which made headlines this year when it banned men and women from dining together unless they were married or related. Officials defended the new edict by saying the service, which cost the equivalent of 21 US cents for five hours’ use, was damaging local children’s morals. Read more