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Indonesia indigenous group requests internet blackout

"Essentially we want to always accommodate what the Baduy people want, and need to maintain their traditions and local wisdom," Lebak official Budi Santoso told AFP Friday. 

This picture taken on May 28, 2023, shows Indigenous Baduy children playing with rocks in a river at the village of Kanekes in Lebak, Banten province. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

An Indigenous community in Indonesia has requested an internet blackout in their area to minimise the "negative impact" of the online world, officials said on Friday.

The Baduy, a community

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Budi Santoso