Indonesia Blocks 1 mn Porn Websites before Ramadan


Jakarta, Jul 18 (IANS/AKI): Indonesia's communications and information ministry has shut down more than one million pornographic websites ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Wednesday that his office would target more sites in the upcoming month.

The closed websites were all run from abroad, he said.

"We will block more porn sites during Ramadan, though that doesn't mean that we will allow such sites to operate during the rest of the year," the minister said.

The minister said there were around two billion websites providing pornographic content, and that public involvement in curbing online pornography was crucial.

"Online pornography is an industry and the producers always seem to find new ways of escaping detection," he said.

Ramadan is due to start July 19 in Indonesia.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Indonesia Blocks 1 mn Porn Websites before Ramadan



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.