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