The era of government policy based on the rules of war supreme ruler (peperti) 10/1960 & Presidential Edict # 6/1963, which reaffirmed the need to permit orderly for every newspaper and magazines, and on February 24, 1965 the government conduct mass bans exist 28 newspapers in Jakarta and orderly prohibited areas simultaneously.
At this time bans and more severe restraints on the press, there were 102 times that in 1972 banning 50x, 40x 1972, and 12 malaria-related events were banned publication January 15, 1974. At that time the Department of illumination as if a supervisor in Indonesia, which requires SIT or this license for any existing newspaper. Seconds newspaper, Tempo and Editor become a phenomenon of the past history of the press which is banned in 1994.
On June 5, 1998, the cabinet reform under President BJ Habibie review and repeal permenpen No.01 / 1984 on this license through permenpen No.01 / 1998, then reformed the old press law with the new law by Law No.40 of 1999 on freedom of the press and freedom of journalists in choosing press organizations.
2.2. Analyzing the free press and responsible according to the code of ethics of journalism in a democratic society in Indonesia.