June 9, 2023 / 11:23 AM— An Indigenous community in Indonesia has requested an internet blackout in their area to minimize the"negative impact" of the online world, officials said Friday. The Baduy, a community of 26,000 people in Banten province on Java island, divide themselves into an outer group that partly adopts technology, and a sacred inner group that shuns the trappings of contemporary life.
"This request is a part of our efforts to minimize the negative impact of smartphones on our people," Baduy representatives wrote. Officials in the district of Lebak told AFP they received the letter on Monday, and had agreed to talk with Indonesia's information ministry to try and comply with the request.
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