Why Is Google Docs Blocked? This Is An Explanation To The Benefits Of The Platform

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YOGYAKARTA People are busy talking about blocking Google Docs. Blocking has an impact on users who cannot access the software. Then why is Google Docs blocked?

Google Docs is a word processing platform based on the website. This service can be enjoyed for free. In addition, Google Docs has been integrated with Google Drive storage so that users can access, edit, and even create new documents.

Google Docs itself has many users including Indonesia. Unfortunately, the platform was widely discussed because it was blocked on several internet providers such as IndiHome, Telkomsel, XL, to IM3. User complaints began to be widely discussed on Thursday, September 21, evening. Even the blocking of Google Docs became a trending topic on social media Twitter X. Meanwhile, when accessed with the Indihome network, Certificate Viewer will appear in the form of internetpositive.id.

Because of these conditions, users admitted that they could not work. They questioned the reason for blocking Google Docs which was allegedly carried out by the Ministry of Communication and Information.

Regarding the reason for the blocking of Google Docs, the Director General of IKP of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Usman Kansong said that the Google Docs service has now been restored. He explained that it happened due to technical problems.

"It has been recovered. It's just a technical problem," Usman told the media, Friday, September 22. Even though it was blocked, some users admitted that they could access Google Docs again.

Google Documents or Google Docs was developed starting in 2006. The blocking of Google Docs in Indonesia is indeed disturbing to its users considering the benefits of the platform are to use Microsoft Word services so that users can process words and writing for free. This way users can create, edit, and read the text.

Google Docs has a number of advantages that its users can enjoy as follows.

Google Docs can be enjoyed not only on PCs and laptops but on smartphones or tablets. This condition makes it easier for users to open Microsoft Word anytime and anywhere.

Google Docs allows users to edit and read documents with various devices. This is very useful considering that before Google Docs, users can only access documents via computer or laptop.

Loss of data can be minimized with Google Docs because when you open a document and edit through the platform, the file will be saved automatically. If a PC or smartphone suddenly turns off or the user loses access to their device, the file's last data can still be accessed.

Google Docs users can change the PDF format file to Word format. Even the change is very easy. With this feature, users do not need to type PDF files manually because the system will help change the text in Word format so that editing can be done.

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