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Re:PayPal and Steam are banned in Indonesia by duskwuff on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:14PM (#32283976)
The fact that Kominfo specifically and individually banned Steam, DOTA, and CSGO is... interesting. The latter two are both games published by Valve; I'm curious why they would be singled out like this, beyond their popularity.
Re:PayPal and Steam are banned in Indonesia by altilunium on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:26PM (#32284024)
The government is using the top 100 IP traffic ranking data. That's why servers that related directly to DOTA and CSGO are singled out.
Re:PayPal and Steam are banned in Indonesia by duskwuff on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:50PM (#32284126)
I'm not sure that's it. Both games are hosted on Valve's servers, as is the Steam storefront and client; there isn't any obvious way that Kominfo could distinguish between the three.

If they are basing their blocks on IP flow data, though, I wonder if their block on "Amazon" is actually going to hit AWS. That'd certainly be interesting to see.

Re:PayPal and Steam are banned in Indonesia by csomar on Saturday July 30, 2022 @12:18AM (#32284244)
I don't think they are specifically targeting these companies but they are signaling their intention to begin targeting. They wouldn't take this step without getting the big guys to register (google/fb/aws/etc...). Now they want more of these companies to comply.
Re:PayPal and Steam are banned in Indonesia by WaxProlix on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:21PM (#32284007)
I don't see that in the article, where is it?
Re:PayPal and Steam are banned in Indonesia by duskwuff on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:45PM (#32284103)
It's in the table a few paragraphs in. Here's a direct link:

http://web.kominfo.go.id/sites/default/files/users/4752/Daft...

Re:PayPal and Steam are banned in Indonesia by WaxProlix on Saturday July 30, 2022 @02:07AM (#32284669)
I see a list of ten things, presumably the top 10 by some measure (unless they're banning exactly 10?), of which those are just a few, and not near the top. Are they maybe just popular services? I wonder if a list of 20 would include World of Warcraft or (checks notes) whatever games Origin is required for?