BATU PAHAT, July 25 (Bernama) -- The Information Communication and Culture Ministry welcomes former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad views on the need to filter pornography on the Internet, said its minister Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim."I greatly welcome Tun's (Mahathir's) views because we appear to be alone in voicing out against this negative influence. If more leaders voice out against pornography, the easier it will be for us to tackle this issue.
"There are certain quarters who have doubts about legal provisions to tackle the menace. Actually, we have Section 265 of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Comission Act to handle this," he told reporters after attending a memorial organised by the National Archives for the late Tun Hussein Onn (Malaysia's third prime minster) at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) here Sunday.
Also present were Tun Hussein's widow, Tun Suhailah Tan Sri Mohamed Noah Omar, Rais' wife Datin Seri Masnah Rais, National Archivs director-general Datuk Sidek Jamil and UTHM vice chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr Mohd Noh Dalimin.
The media recently reported Dr Mahathir as saying that he was becoming increasingly worried about the spread of smut on the Internet and that he felt it should be filtered as it was contributing to the increase in sexual crimes in the country.
Rais said it was still too early to come up with a mechanism to block pornography on the Internet, but nevertheless, discussions in an objective manner would be carried to tackle the problem so that it was not misinterpreted as censoring the Internet.
He said if the source of pornography was from within the country, the authorities could act but at the moment could do very little to prevent its spread if the source was from overseas.
"The is a need for an internal mechanism to check the spread of pornography on the Internet. At the same time, parents too need to do their part to protect children from this scourge," he added.
tunku : just do it.i am sure majority will support the move and won't oppose except those who like porno. we want the government to censor this as it is a virus that is 'damaging' our kids.it is very difficult for parents to monitor their children all the time.so if the government censor these internet smuts, it will be a blessing to all of us.we will have a better society. please do it.
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4 comments:
It is so so easy to gain excess to these phono websites!
Do something please!!
Mother
ban saja site2 porno ni, membawa keruntuhan akhlak saja disamping mneggalakkan aktiviti2 kurang sihat dan bertentangan dgn agama.
SUGGESTION to Dato Rais Yatim: It was reported that a local company IKONA MAPS is capable of solving the problem. Why not invite the company to help the government.
CUBA TRY
Trust no one, it is not about banning just pornography its about media control for right or wrong doers. Tun Dr Mahathir also said if done with responsibility, bloggers could become as powerful as governments because they could reach people immediately, helping them to form opinions about certain topics. A very contradict threat to Government mainstream media. We can use proxy to bypass all the banning site such as using http://www.torproject.org/ or Onion Routing or Privoxy or other gateway ;) Knowledge is indeed Power. Internet give you power to seek the truth or uncensored =transparent news about our Government itself that should serve us 1st. We should monitor them because we are paying them with mandatory Tax. Mind control will know the great difference between Fantasy or Reality. It's a God gift after all.
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