1. Indonesia “Internet Censorship”
Indonesia “Internet Censorship”
Brief Report for OpenNet Initiative
(ONI) Global Summit ‐ 2010
Ottawa – Canada
www.oni‐asia.net
prepared and presented by
Donny B.U. / ICT Watch
29th J
June 2010
2010
(updated at 29th July 2010)
contact: dbu[at]donnybu.com

2. • 38 Million : Indonesian Internet user (#5 Asia)
• 26 Million (
: Indonesian Facebook user (#3 World))
• 4.6 Million : Indonesian Twitter user (#1 Asia)
1. Facebook.com
2. Google.co.id
3. Google.com
4. Yahoo.com
5. Blogger.com
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6. Kaskus.us
7. YouTube.com
8. Wordpress.com
9. Detik.com
10. 4shared.com
11. Twitter.com
Most accessed web from Indonesia Profile of Indonesian Facebooker
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Source: alexa.com Source: checkfacebook.com
Numbers & Profiles

3. twitter.com facebook.com
wordpress.com blogspot.com
Trends of Social Media Accessed from Indonesia

4. Formal letter from ICT Minister to ISPs Association,
Formal letter from ICT Minister to ISPs Association,
with ‘government official stamp’
2008: Gov Asked ISPs to Block Fitna
2008: Gov Asked ISPs to Block Fitna Movie

5. Formal letter from ICT Minister directly to ISPs,
Formal letter from ICT Minister directly to ISPs,
without ‘government official stamp’
2009: Gov Asked ISPs to Block The Prophet Cartoon

6. “for EDMD account at facebook: 1. we sent protest letter
for EDMD account at facebook: 1. we sent protest letter
(to FB admin) and asked them to delete that account,
2. (spesific) url blocking (of EDMD at FB) via Indonesian
ISPs, 3. do cooperation with Indonesian Internet Kiosks
Association” (Tif t l S bi i I d
A i ti ” (Tifatul Sembiring, Indonesian ICT Minister via his
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twitter personal account)
No evidence of formal letter from ICT Minister to
No evidence of formal letter from ICT Minister to
ISPs or association
May 2010: Gov Asked ISPs to Block EDMD Fan Page
May 2010: Gov Asked ISPs to Block EDMD Fan Page

7. W1 of June 2010
2 private porn videos of 3 very‐well known
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Indonesian celebrities stolen and suddenly
leaked on the Internet, covered by local mass
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media and became national issue!
Search trend of Ariel increased dramatically from Indonesia
Search trend of “Ariel” increased dramatically from Indonesia
June 2010: Porn Content Became National Issue

8. Trending topics
on Twitter
Globally known, even
by American porn star
CNN: ”Alleged celebrity sex tape shocks modest Indonesia”
NYT: ”Sex Tape Scandal Fixates Indonesia”
TIME: ”Sex Video Scandal and Indonesia's Porn Obsession”
Most read article at Time website
June 2010: Indonesian Porn Content Spread Widely

9. • President SBY: “We have increasingly realized that our
nation should not stay naked and be crushed by the
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information technology frenzy, because there will be
many victims. The scandal highlighted the need for
further regulation of the Web. Other countries have
already have regulations on this (source: AFP, June 18
already have regulations on this”. (source: AFP June 18th
2010)
• ICT Minister Tifatul Sembiring: “There will be a team to
observe whether a website contains points from the
blacklist. The team will assess whether such websites
truly contain pornographic material. If it does, we'll ask
the website to delete the points included in the list, but
we won t ban the whole website . (source: AFP, June 17
we won't ban the whole website“. (source: AFP, June 17th
2010)
• PKS Party President Lufi Hasan: “To protect a
community, there must be control, we cannot have total
freedom. To create comfort and overcome negative
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effects on communities who are not ready and not
supposed to consume certain material, then controls
are a very good idea“. (source: Reuters, June 15th 2010)
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June 2010: Ind. Gov. Responded to the Situation
June 2010: Ind. Gov. Responded to the Situation

10. Tifatul Sembiring, Indonesian ICT Ministry:
• “All porn sites will be blocked before Ramadhan (fasting
All porn sites will be blocked before Ramadhan (fasting
month – Ed.)” (Source: Jakarta Post, July 22nd, 2010)
• “The state is obliged to protect its citizens especially
The state is obliged to protect its citizens, especially
children. I’m simply implementing the Constitution”
(Source: Jakarta Globe, July 22nd, 2010)
• “I’ve asked all Internet service providers to filter porn
content by using anti‐porn software” (Source: NYTimes.com,
July 22nd, 2010)
July 22 2010)
July 2010: Gov Declared “War” to Porn Sites
July 2010: Gov Declared “War” to Porn Sites

11. Formal circular letter from Director General
,
of Post and Telecommunication, on behalf of
ICT Minister , directly to ISPs and NAPs
July 2010: Gov Asked ISP/NAPs to Block All Porn Sites
July 2010: Gov Asked ISP/NAPs to Block All Porn Sites

12. Ministry of ICT
Indonesia ISPs Association Indonesia Internet Kiosks Association
Partnership
License
150 active legal ISPs
150 active legal ISPs 2400 internet kiosks
2400 internet kiosks
Business
Link of Gov to “Partners” for Content Censorship

13. Indonesia ISPs Association
maintains Indonesian
Internet eXchange (IIX)
block: 4
xxx.com!
End user
End user
1
3
1. Admin of IIX put “xxx.com“
2 on IIX‐system black list
directly or to the “dedicated
system” connected to IIX
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2. Blacklist info distributed to
Indonesian Internet eXchange the all ISPs‐system connected
to IIX‐system.
3‐4. When end‐users try to
access blacklisted URLs, the
access blacklisted URLs the
pages will not show up.
Censorship Method 1: ”Border Gateway Protocol”

14. Indonesia Internet Kiosks
Association maintains 4
Nawala “OpenDNS” Project
block:
xxx.com!
Home/School PC
H /S h l PC
2
3
1
2
3
1. Admin of DNS put “xxx.com“
on the black list
2. Anyone may freely use DNS 3 Public PCs
Nawala as part of their “self‐
censorship” mechanism
3‐4. When end‐users try to
access blacklisted URLs, the
access blacklisted URLs the
pages will be blocked.
Censorship Method 2: OpenDNS (“Nawala Project”)

15. • Name of the Ministerial Decree Draft: “Procedure for Handling
Complaints about Internet Content” (June 23th, 2010 draft version)
• C id
Consideration: Electronic Information and Transaction Act (including: Online
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Defamation article), Anti Pornography Act, etc.
• Article 1 : Illegal content is Internet content that contrary/against
to the law
to the law
• Article 3: For all content contained, transmitted, published, and /
or stored by the user, service provider must:
– perform report accepting, flagging, filtering (if mandated by committee)
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– makes “content spesific” term of condition (TOC) of their services:
• restrictions for users to load the content that prohibited according to this
ministerial decree (note: including online defamation!?)
ministerial decree (note: including online defamation!?)
• user must agrees that if it violates TOC, then the provider can close the access
(blocking) and / or delete the content (note: extra effort for provider!?)
• provider allow to disclose user personal information to the law enforcer and /
or the minister if there are suspected to be unlawful acts related to the loading
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of any content (note: privacy no more!?)
• provider are prohibited from making use of the service rule which states that
the provider are not responsible for the use of their services to load,
distributed, transmitted, causes to be accessible, and / or save the content.
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(note: no more disclaimer!?)
Draft of Ministerial Decree To Regulate Content

16. Online Defamation Article
• Any person who knowingly and without authority distribute
Any person who knowingly and without authority distribute
and / or transmits and / or causes to be accessible electronic
information and / or electronic documents containing insults
and / or defamation:
/
– Maximum imprisonment of 6 years, and/or maximum penalty Rp 1
billion (USD 100,000)
– Under Indonesian law the police can authorize pre‐trial detention
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only where a person is suspected of committing a crime that carries
a penalty of at least five years’ imprisonment
– Individuals accused of defamation under this article can be
detained, even in the absence of a trial for up to 50 days, provided
detained even in the absence of a trial for up to 50 days provided
police investigators or prosecutors express / recommendation:
“concern that the suspect will get away, damage or destroy
evidence materials and/or repeat the criminal act”.
“Online Defamation article is against freedom of expression, violating human rights as
well as killing civil and political rights. Defamation article potentially abused to protect
mood than reputation”. (according to 5 reputable Indonesian legal aid institutions)
Article 27, Paragraph 3
Electronic Information and Transaction Act

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