The threat posed by the Minister of Communications and Information Tifatul Sembiring against Research in Motion as the provider of BlackBerry services are not only based on one reason.
Other demands had already reverberated in the initial entry of RIM to Indonesia some time ago. For example, which of course most remembered by BlackBerry users in Indonesia is for RIM to open service centers and representative offices in the country. demand for RIM to block against pornographic material is only one of-least-seven things that are asked by a Canadian company Tifatul to it.
Tifatul mentioned, the first thing that must be obeyed by RIM is a company must respect and obey the laws and regulations applicable in Indonesia. There are three related laws, namely Law No. 3 of 1989 on Telecommunications, Law No. 11 of 2008 on Information and Electronic Transaction, and Law No. 44 of 2008 on Pornography.
Second, RIM asked to open its representative in Indonesia because RIM’s customers in the country has reached more than 2 million. Third, RIM asked to open service center in Indonesia to serve and facilitate customer.
Fourth, RIM asked to recruit and provide employment Indonesia appropriately and proportionately. Fifth, RIM asked as much as possible using local content in Indonesia, particularly about the software. Well, the demands blocking porn sites, the sixth entry in the request, which asked RIM to install software blocking of pornographic sites, as has been done by other operators in Indonesia. Seventh, RIM asked to build a server / repeater in Indonesia for law enforcement officers to conduct investigations against the perpetrators of crime, including corrupt.