An American man is arrested in Indonesia for allegedly selling porn videos on social media
- An American individual named Taylor Kirby Whitemore was detained at Bali’s Ngurah Rai airport on March 25 for reportedly distributing adult video content via social media platforms.
- Officials arrested Whitemore because he linked to accounts on X and Telegram that facilitated paid transactions for pornographic content.
- Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country with strict pornography laws, suspects the videos Whitemore promoted were produced domestically, violating local law and immigration rules.
- Authorities moved Whitemore to a Jakarta detention center on May 16 for further investigation, and he faces up to five years imprisonment and a 500 million rupiah fine, about $30,540.
- This arrest and investigation highlight Indonesia's firm enforcement of its pornography laws and ongoing monitoring of online content distribution.
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An American man is arrested in Indonesia for allegedly selling porn videos on social media
Officials say an American man was arrested in Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali for allegedly selling pornographic videos through social media.
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