Jakarta (AFP) Monday, January 10, 2011 11:26 pm
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Kemenkominfo) asserted that the threat to block the Research in Motion (RIM) is directed only to facilities browsing BlackBerry.
"If later in the meeting on January 17, 2011, RIM does not comply with our policies then the facility browsing theBlackBerry will be blocked, "said Head of Information and Public Relations Kemenkominfo, Gatot S. Dewa Broto, here on Monday.
Dewa Broto explains, facilities browsing on the BlackBerry that's what all this opens up the possibility to access the porn sites because the manufacturer of BlackBerry, RIM, do not do content filtering .
Therefore, he said, Kemenkominfo threatened to block such browsing facilities. "For other facilities can still be used, block only applies to browsing facilities," he said.
On August 10, 2010, said Dewa Broto, it had to "kick off" to enforce filtering of porn sites at 180 Internet Service Provider (ISP).
"If the BlackBerry browsing service without filtering is left as if there previlege granted to RIM. The `other` gadget connected to an existing ISP. We emphasize that our interest does not triggered by anything, "he said.
On January 17, 2011 is scheduled to have meetings with RIM and according to Billy's where the opportunity to take the attitude of RIM-related services in Indonesia. "If they comply with the policies in Indonesia, then they must cooperate to perform content filtering, otherwise if it does not comply then the facility browsing is blocked, "he said.
Gatot added that the government would offer a substitute to the customer either by way of GPRS enabled handsets kketika will access the internet.
But a consequence, the customer will be charged an additional fee to access GPRS beyond the cost of the BlackBerry service.
"It means there are financial risks to be borne by the customer, it's one entry point us to put pressure on RIM does not mean that we create a new burden for the user but pushing RIM to comply with existing regulations, "he said.
Billy also responded to comments that had been expressly assume the government does not like the government of Saudi Arabia which explicitly block the BlackBerry in the country.
According to him, rules and policies in Indonesia is clearly different from Saudi Arabia.
"We are not Saudi Arabia. We do not want talkative, it's all a clever scenarios and solutions that comply with policies and regulations in Indonesia," he said. (Ant)
