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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12807585" data-attributes="member: 92282">The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) said today that no  pornographic websites have been banned in the country, despite numerous  claims by officials and a misconceived public notion.OIC NCPA Budhdhika Balachandra told the Daily Mirror that  theTelecommunication Regulatory Commission had not acted in this regard .  “ We took all relevant steps to ban websites that include pornographic  material, and through our efforts we were able to succeed in banning  over 300 websites which contain material of Lankan Pornograhic models,  however, all efforts have come to a standstill and these websites  continue to operate under different names today because there was no  actual ban that was effected by the TRC” he said. When the Daily Mirror pointed out that the goal of banning pornographic  websites were unrealistic and borders on diluting freedom of choice, the  OIC said that the goal of his department was not utopian and the aim  was to create awareness among the general public that sites of this  nature exists and to deter children from accessing sites of this nature.  “We understood that we can’t ban all pornographic websites that are  currently on the internet. But we wanted to create awareness among  parents and the general citizenry about the existence of these websites  which include women being raped, animal porn and incest” he said. Balachandra also went onto point out that the department tried its  utmost to ban pornography on mobile phones which could have been banned  and was not unrealistic like the accessing websites through the  computer. “One of the main methods of access to pornographic material is  via mobile phones. Almost all teenagers and many pre teens use mobile  phones today and a majority of them access porn through their mobile  phones. We tried in vain and were defeated by the large mobile companies  in court who were not willing to ban such material on mobile phones” he  said. Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Anusha Pelpita  confirmed the statement made by the OIC. “How can we ban all sites? All  that we have done is ban sites that have been recommended to us by the  courts or a relevant authority. We realistically cannot ban all porn  websites.  Therefore we can only ban websites that have been referred to  us by a competent authority” he said. DM</blockquote>

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