| As you may know, Indonesia is a country | | | | Mohammad Nuh. These words clearly state that |
| comprised by several islands, 17,508 to be exact, | | | | such bill in the best interest of the nation. In order |
| this geographically divided nation is united by the | | | | to enforce such bill the country is working on |
| tight religious bonds that most of it's habitants | | | | special software which would sanction websites |
| share, this south east Asian country has around | | | | which have banned content, while this will not take |
| 222 million people and is better known by the | | | | down those sites world wide, the software will |
| number of beautiful beaches accessible to them. | | | | make them unavailable to anyone within Indonesia. |
| In recent years Indonesia has been struggling to | | | | The software approach was taken due to the |
| keep the nation safe and mentally healthy by | | | | fact that accessing strong adult related content is |
| fighting against material which enters the country | | | | very easy, even by children that according to one |
| and deprives youth of it's innocence and ultimately | | | | of the people in charge of drafting the bill, it is |
| ending up in social corruption. | | | | intended to protect them from such material. The |
| In March 2008, this country has given a step | | | | bill passed with flying colors after getting majority |
| forward towards achieving its goal of keeping a | | | | support from all 10 factions in the chamber. |
| mentally healthy society by passing a bill which | | | | Such ban will definitively have a positive impact in |
| criminalizes those who access internet sites which | | | | the country as people will dedicate themselves to |
| contain adult related material or digital content | | | | socially productive activities improving Indonesia's |
| which is violent in nature. Many Indonesia's citizens | | | | quality of life. Tourists who travel to the country |
| support such measures, in fact two years ago | | | | will also enjoy the beauty of the country by that |
| Muslim groups forced the Playboy magazine to | | | | things that it has to offer, from a cultural |
| move out and re-establish its office in Bali. | | | | perspective to a perspective based on the |
| "I think we all agree there's no way we can save | | | | demographics and local believes which is nicely |
| this nation by spreading adult material, violence | | | | complimented by the attractive natural resources |
| and ethnic hostility", said the Information Minister, | | | | this country counts with. |