JAKARTA—The war in Indonesia over the available of pornography on mobile devices is heating up. Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring has threatened to kick Blackberry out of the country if parent Research in Motion (RiM) does not agree to block all porn from the devices.
The minister has said that he had communicated to RiM his wishes, but has yet to receive a reply.
“If they are still not responding to our request, we have to close it down,” Tifatul said, adding, “RIM may violates our law if it remains providing porn content in its service [in Indonesia].”
Earlier this month, Titaful urged RiM to set up servers in the country. The servers were needed, he said, in order to perform wiretaps in crime cases, bringing in non-tax revenue for the country and reducing service charges for customers. They would also make it much easier for the government to block porn locally.
