Across Southeast Asia, pandemic forces millions online for first time


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A report found there were 40 million new internet users across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam in 2020 Coronavirus-related curbs have led to a spike in first-time internet users across six Southeast Asian countries, according to a Google report published on Tuesday. Forty million people went online for the first time in 2020, according to the report, which covered Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam . E-commerce in Southeast Asia rides high on pandemic boom The report – co-authored by Singapore government investment fund Temasek and Bain & Company, a US...