Islamabad: Pakistan has blocked 13,000 “obscene” web sites and are taking additional steps to prevent the spread of such materials across the Internet, the National Assembly was told on Friday.
Few weeks ago, the judiciary and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) took action against porn websites by blocking or banning access to them in the country.
“It is a serious issue and we are trying to address it,” said the Information Technology Parliamentary Secretary, Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan while replying to a Calling Attention Notice, adding that the government was mindful of the situation.
He said that they would take action on receiving any complaint and were trying to devise a mechanism,” he said.
He quoted the example of China and India who have installed a costly Automated Filtration System, which could also block anti-government websites, but clarified that that this system, if installed, would still be unable to block all such websites.
Most of these websites are based outside Pakistan and authorities were unable to take action against them or penalise them, he said.
Around two dozen countries in the world have imposed a complete ban on porn sites to save the youngsters from explicit sexual content.
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