BlackBerry Agrees to Block Porn Sites in Indonesia
The maker of BlackBerry promised Indonesia on Monday it will meet the country’s request to filter out pornographic content on its smartphones in the next four days, according to a government spokesman.
Research In Motion Ltd. made a commitment last week to install the filters after Indonesia threatened to revoke BlackBerry’s license to operate in the country, the world’s most populous Muslim nation. The Canada-based company worked out the details of the deal in a meeting with government officials on Monday.
A number of countries have expressed national security concerns about encrypted information on users’ BlackBerrys if RIM didn’t come up with a way for governments to monitor them. They have threatend to shut out RIM, whose competitive edge rests on ensuring security to its global users.
Indonesia says RIM earns about $251 million per year from the country’s 3 million BlackBerry users.