Staff Reporter :
The telecom regulator on Thursday blocked 1,279 more pornographic websites in the country.
Both International Internet Gateway (IIG) operators and officials from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) confirmed it to
journalists on Thursday. “We have received an order to block pornographic websites and immediately implemented the directive,” said Abu Bakar, an owner of a renowned IIG.
Earlier the BTRC also blocked 244 more pornographic websites on February 6 in the country, which was the first initiative of internet safety solution programme that will be fully functional from the second week of March.
At the time of blocking 244 pornographic websites Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said, porn site and other harmful websites will be blocked through this process and the move will continue from the government side.
Earlier, in November 2016 the High Court directed the government to take initiative to block pornography websites and BTRC had blocked about five hundred such sites at that time.
The telecom regulator on Thursday blocked 1,279 more pornographic websites in the country.
Both International Internet Gateway (IIG) operators and officials from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) confirmed it to
journalists on Thursday. “We have received an order to block pornographic websites and immediately implemented the directive,” said Abu Bakar, an owner of a renowned IIG.
Earlier the BTRC also blocked 244 more pornographic websites on February 6 in the country, which was the first initiative of internet safety solution programme that will be fully functional from the second week of March.
At the time of blocking 244 pornographic websites Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said, porn site and other harmful websites will be blocked through this process and the move will continue from the government side.
Earlier, in November 2016 the High Court directed the government to take initiative to block pornography websites and BTRC had blocked about five hundred such sites at that time.
