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In June 2021, 42 songs were banned from day-time radio in Indonesia. Image via Time’s Youtube video. The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI), a state regulating agency, issued a circulation letter in June 2021, telling local radio stations that they could not air 42 English language songs including songs by Bruno Mars, Jay-Z, and many more during daytime hours, except between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. The listed songs were considered morally hazardous because they mentioned sexuality, alcohol, or vices. But this wasn’t the first time the commission had given radio stations strict song limitation…