<p style="margin:8px 0px 1em;line-height:16px;font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://techpresident.com/news/22604/indonesia-blocks-porn-sites-during-ramadan">http://techpresident.com/news/22604/indonesia-blocks-porn-sites-during-ramadan</a></p>

<p style="margin:8px 0px 1em;line-height:16px;font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Times of India <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/indonesia-doesnt-want-you-watching-porn-during-ramadan-2012-07" style="outline:0px;color:rgb(0,108,164);text-decoration:none">reports</a> that Indonesia has blocked millions of pornography websites for the month of Ramadan.</p>

<p style="margin:8px 0px 1em;line-height:16px;font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Claiming that there were more than 2 billion porn sites online, the Minister of Communications said:</p>

<blockquote style="color:rgb(101,101,101);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="margin:8px 0px 1em;line-height:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">"We will block more porn sites during Ramadan, though that doesn't mean that we will allow such sites to operate during the rest of the year."</p>

</blockquote><p style="margin:8px 0px 1em;line-height:16px;font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Indonesia is not the only country to block porn sites, of course. The British government is considering<a href="http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/uk-wants-internet-providers-block-porn-default-753771" style="outline:0px;color:rgb(0,108,164);text-decoration:none">legislation</a> that would require Internet users to request permission from their ISPs to view online sex sites. Nor is Indonesia the only Muslim country to introduce restrictions on consumption of the forbidden during the holy month of Ramadan, which began on July 19. Egypt, for example, bars its citizens from purchasing alcohol during Ramadan. But as Zach Walton <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/indonesia-doesnt-want-you-watching-porn-during-ramadan-2012-07%22" style="outline:0px;color:rgb(0,108,164);text-decoration:none">points out</a> in his post about this story, people will always find a way to circumvent Internet bans.</p>

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