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Indonesia Introduces New Internet Censorship System

posted by mrpg on Wednesday January 03 2018, @08:00PM   
from the happy-new-year dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Indonesia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry is set to implement a new $14 million Internet censorship system from Wednesday. The new system will automatically block pornography and other content deemed to be unsuitable by the government, following years of manual monitoring which has failed to adequately police the abundance of illicit online content.

The ministry's Information Applications Director General Semuel Pangerapan said the machine is equipped with artificial intelligence that will crawl websites and use keywords to detect inappropriate content.

"After the content is crawled, our team will evaluate and verify the data," Pangerapan told Arab News. "We will then block sites that are validated as carrying negative content. This machine will make our jobs a lot faster." The new system will enable the ministry to identify a range of negative content referencing topics from gambling, terrorism, fraud and drugs, to hoaxes and fake news, he added.

Indonesia introduces new Internet censorship system

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• Re:How is this possible? (Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Wednesday January 03 2018, @10:21PM

  by DannyB (5839) on Wednesday January 03 2018, @10:21PM (#617389) Journal

  "The internet treats censorship as damage and routes around it," said some old gray neckbearded idealist dreamer.

  "Redundant connectivity eats our profits," said corporate monopolists.

  Buuuut Mooooom! whined Millennials. The internet connection isn't working in the basement!

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