In an apparent response to public pressure, the Communications and Information Technology Ministry said Tuesday it would change a planned ministerial regulation aimed at curbing cyber crime.
Ministry spokesman Gatot S. Dewa Broto said Tuesday the ministry was “well aware of the fact that the regulation on multimedia content is facing criticism and even rejection from the public”.
“I assure you... we will not go ahead with the current concept for the planned regulation,” he said.
“There will be a lot of changes. But we have not decided which of the articles will be changed.”
Among others, the draft law says content providers could have their permits revoked if they did not remove content which “carries lies”, pornographic content or which facilitates gambling services.
The ministry plans further discussions on the draft law involving multimedia services provider and the Press Council.
Gatot said he received more than 50 emails mainly critical of the regulation. Concerned citizens can
email Gatot at gatot_b@postel.go.id until Feb. 19 to voice their opinions.
He said the planned regulation had nothing to do with online media or online forums.
“It is the ISPs [Internet service providers] who bear responsibility for the content,” he said.
Gatot said 160 ISPs were registered with the ministry, but that only half of them were active.
However most criticism has come from bloggers, IT practitioners, the Press Council, legislators and IT experts, rather than providers, he said.
The Indonesian ISP Association (APJII) is the only stakeholder to have already spoken to the ministry, Gatot said.
Noted blogger Enda Nasution said Internet providers “should be like ports... they cannot be held responsible for the cargo going in and out” of their facilities.
Such a regulation should go through parliament,” he told The Jakarta Post, “so it could be publicly monitored.”
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