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Telecommunication giant Telkomsel claims to have blocked 800,000 porn sites in response to the government’s drive against pornography during Ramadan fasting month.

Telkomsel president director Sarwoto Atmosutarno said Thursday the company had filtered the adult sites through its proxy server or gateway, which automatically denies its customers access to the porn sites.

Due to the blacklist internet access mechanism, users of Telkomsel’s Internet facility will read in their mobile phone, computer or laptop monitors a warning, which reads: “Access is denied due to security policy enforcement”, if they try to open a porn site.

“The blockage is performed in stages and will affect all gadgets that have Telkomsel’s Internet access,” Sarwoto said as quoted by kompas.com.

Director General for Post and Telecommunication Budi Setiawan witnessed Telkomsel demonstrate how the filtering system worked at his office on Thursday.

Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring had previously asked Internet providers to filter all porn sites before the start of Ramadan.

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