Indonesia is a relatively new democracy and the proposal to expand police powers reminds some human rights groups of the country's authoritarian past.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"they would like to receive a message that uses some kind of code, and instead of sending a message that reminds them of their pill, they would like a motivational message, like for example, 'it's time for your life.'" Services like that have been shown to work in low-income countries, and now they're starting to appear in richer countries.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24