Indonesian minister calls on stay-at-home citizens to stop illegally streaming movies
23 March, 2020
Communications and Information Minister Johnny G. Plate has urged people staying at home according to government recommendation never to illegally stream movies online.
In a virtual press conference on Monday the minister said that illegally streaming movies could create bandwidth saturation leading to latency and performance issues in the country's overall internet connection. The problems, he added, could hinder persons who were working or studying from your home.
“With all due respect, please stop streaming against the law movies,” he said. “And for many who are by using a virtual private network [VPN], please control yourself and use online language resources wisely.”
He went on to state the united states had recorded a substantial rise in internet traffic since the government urged citizens to stay at home in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. He did not specify any figures, however.
Johnny added that since traffic was high and the bandwidth supply was limited, unnecessary online activities could overload the machine.
The ministry also said that by Monday 305 items of false news or misinformation regarding COVID-19 have been detected circulating mostly on online media platforms and social media.
The list of the misinformation and the ministry’s clarification could be accessed publicly through the ministry’s website.
Source: www.thejakartapost.com
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