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

• 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 gg 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 P fil f I d i F b k Source: alexa.com Source: checkfacebook.com Numbers & Profiles

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

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

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

“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 i ICT Mi i t i hi 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

W1 of June 2010 2 private porn videos of 3 very‐well known 2 i t
id f3 ll k Indonesian celebrities stolen and suddenly leaked on the Internet, covered by local mass l k d th I t t db l l 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

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

• President SBY: “We have increasingly realized that our nation should not stay naked and be crushed by the y y
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 f d T t f t d ti 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) yg ( ) June 2010: Ind. Gov. Responded to the Situation June 2010: Ind. Gov. Responded to the Situation

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

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

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

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 y 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”

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”)

• 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 i El i I f i dT i A (i l di O li 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) f fl fl – 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 th i i t if th t dt b l f l t l t d t th l di 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. di ib d i d b ibl d/ h (note: no more disclaimer!?) Draft of Ministerial Decree To Regulate Content

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 p p 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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