Indonesia teens accused of blasphemy over Maroon 5 dance
Five Indonesian teenage girls have been accused of blasphemy and may face jail after making a video in which they mixed Islamic prayer with dancing to a Maroon 5 song, police said Tuesday.
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BlackBerry Z10 launched in Indonesia
BlackBerry on Friday launched its new Z10 smartphone in Indonesia, the company’s third-largest market, as it rapidly loses ground elsewhere to rivals such as Apple and Samsung.
Trafficking rings prey on Indonesian girls online
When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn’t know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It’s a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual predators find new ways to exploit Indonesia’s growing obsession with social media.
For many Indonesians, ‘Fesbuk’ is the only Internet
Indonesia, a developing Muslim nation which claims the world’s third-largest community of Facebook users, has become a showcase for the social networking site’s global power and reach.
For many Indonesians, ‘Fesbuk’ is the only Internet
Indonesia, a developing Muslim nation which claims the world’s third-largest community of Facebook users, has become a showcase for the social networking site’s global power and reach.
Indonesia’s dancing cop fired after YouTube fame
The Indonesian policeman who shot to fame in April by lip-synching and grooving to an Indian Bollywood hit in a YouTube video has been sacked and forced to hand in his badge.
Indonesian tech frenzy tantalizes venture capital
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Venture capitalists from Silicon Valley to New York all have the same question about Indonesia’s come-from-nowhere tech frenzy: Are the young entrepreneurs that have piqued their interest smart bets or just surfing a hype that will soon burn out. A few years ago, Internet connections were so slow in Indonesia that trying [...]
Facebook ‘prompts teenage pregnancies’ in Indonesia
A religious court official in Indonesia has blamed social networking site Facebook for a rise in teenage pregnancies and underage marriages, a report said Thursday.
Indonesia urges Asean to harness Twitter, Facebook
NUSA DUA—Asean must maximize the use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media to engage the region’s citizens, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Tuesday. Speaking to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) foreign ministers on the island of Bali, Yudhoyono expressed support for the establishment of an Asean blogger community. “For the first time, [...]
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