A day after it declared a site-wide ban on Tumblr, Indonesia decided Thursday to take a more measured approach to censoring objectionable content on the site.
On Wednesday local time, a government official told the BBC that authorities would block Tumblr because it hosted pages that carried porn.
But after users were outraged by the news, the government appears to have reversed its outright ban. Instead, officials plan to reach out to Tumblr's owner, Yahoo, to figure out how to restrict access to adult content on the blogging site.
The ministry of communication and information posted an update to say it has requested Tumblr to "self censor" its pornographic content.
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In addition, officials expect to continually monitor the site to
ensure it meets their standards and may ban it down the road if porn
continues to be accessible on it in Indonesia.Tumblr has yet to comment on the short-lived ban and the self-censorship request. Tumblr's owner, Yahoo, has not responded to Mashable's request for comment.
A user in Indonesia told Mashable he was able to access Tumblr as of Thursday afternoon, but the site had been blocked over the past two days.
The earlier BBC report said that the country initially decided to ban Tumblr without first discussing it with the company.
"We must ban the site first, and tell them later," Azhar Hasyim, e-business director at Indonesia's information ministry was quoted as saying.
Indonesians reacted by tweeting their dismay at the news, and #savetumblr started to trend in the country by Thursday morning.
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