JAKARTA: The government is considering annulling the information technology crime bill if it sparks “massive rejection” by the public.
Communications and Information Technology Ministry spokesman Gatot Dewa Broto said Thursday the government could include needed articles on cyber crimes in a possible revision of the 2008 Information and Electronic Transaction Law.
He said, however, that the government was in the process of finalizing the bill, and that annulling it and addressing cyber crime issues in the revised law would be the “final option”.
The bill was included in the House of Representatives 2010-2014 list of national legislation programs. — JP