Source:Andreas Ismar, Wall Street Journal
JAKARTA—BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Thursday it has started Internet filtering on its smartphones in Indonesia just ahead of a pending deadline, the first such move in any country.
Indonesia had set a Friday deadline for RIM to begin blocking porn websites.
The Indonesian government since last year has been telling Internet service providers in the country to block customers from viewing websites with pornographic material. The move put pressure on RIM, as the company is known, to install filters by a Friday deadline.
“RIM is now in the process of implementing an Internet content-filtering solution that addresses our carrier partners’ regulatory obligations in Indonesia. …We are pleased to have implemented the solution in advance of the date requested by the ministry,” the Waterloo, Ontario, company said.