Angelia Seetoh
Jan 18, 2011

Blackberry bends to Indonesia’s demand for porn filters

JAKARTA – Blackberry has agreed to put porn filters in place for the Indonesian market.

Blackberry will put porn filters in place for Indonesia
Blackberry will put porn filters in place for Indonesia

After it was threatened to have its licence to operate pulled in Indonesia, RIM has announced that it will meet the country’s request to filter out porn. RIM has also agreed to set up servers in the country, as requested.

It is expected to implement the changes in the next four days.

The demand stems from Indonesia’s Islamic conservative communications and information minister Tiffatul Sembiring, who also said that RIM should employ more locals.

RIM’s director of Asia-Pacific, Gregory Wade, said that the company will work closely with the operators that support BlackBerry service in Indonesia to meet the government’s requirements.

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