The Indonesian House of Representatives is set to pass a bill that would jail users and providers of pornographic websites, local press said Tuesday.
When the bill comes into effect, providers and users of pornographic sites will face a maximum of three years in prison or a fine of up to 1 billion rupiah (around 108,742 U.S. dollars), reported English daily The Jakarta Post.
The Information and Communications Ministry has made available software to block websites with adult content. The software can be downloaded from the ministry's website.
It plans to begin blocking all adult sites starting from April 1.
The number of Internet users in the country is expected to hit 35 million this year, a 40 percent increase from 2007.
Vice president of the Indonesia Telematics Software Association, Richard Kartawijaya, once said about a half of new Internet users in the country admitted to being tempted to access pornographic sites.
Adult sites rank among the top 10 most visited websites on various search engines.
Information minister Muhammad Nuh said the government would call on individuals, corporate users and Internet service providers to help block adult sites.
"We expect to raise people's awareness of the need to minimize Internet abuse. We hope people use the software we have provided," he said.
Source:Xinhua
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