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Following the court order last week to ban over 100 pornographic local websites, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) said that most of these sites have already been blocked as of today.

Director General of the TRC, Anusha Palpita told Daily Mirror online that they had informed the service providers of the court decision and had received a feedback that most of the sites had already been blocked.

“We have to submit a report to court on September 9, so before that we will block the 107 websites which have been mentioned,” Palpita said.

In a move to crackdown on pornographic material in the country, the Juvenile Court last week ordered a ban on 107 porn websites and local movies with adult content.

The Police Women and Children’s Bureau submitted a report to the Juvenile Court in Battaramulla seeking a ban on 107 porn websites and local movies which depict local actors and actresses involved in obscene scenes.

The court ordered the TRC to ban the websites immediately. (JN)

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Comments - 19

archis Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:04 AM

wat about the proxys????as long as proxy sites are there, there will be people going to these pornography sites....

milinda Tuesday, 14 September 2010 06:12 PM

I dont think so....

The tru Lankan Friday, 03 September 2010 10:38 AM

Don't you think in this tech. advance world, they can post same in overseas websites with many links to it... It's so easy and are we in 20th century..

Geronimo Thursday, 02 September 2010 11:14 AM

Do you really believe that Papa's children are angels??

H2 Thursday, 02 September 2010 11:13 AM

Can we have a list of the sites banned?

Geronimo Thursday, 02 September 2010 11:12 AM

..and double yawn!

naleer Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:48 AM

Should be appreciated .

Lam Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:42 AM

we have to get advice from arab countries in blocking these sites, they are masters in it

Josh Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:27 AM

is this a joke??
there are thousands of porn websites but they are banning only 100???

Jinadasa Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:09 AM

care to explain why?

mnsmart Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:53 AM

very good move. well done

yohan Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:48 AM

He BANNED his children, NOT to the general public consisting of many adults who should have the right to access it.

xlntgson Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:44 AM

The age for viewing such sites in computers should be raised to 21.

Karthik Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:44 AM

there are hundreds of proxy sites to log in to the banned sites...

lk Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:41 AM

i guess we are like MRs children now. Now do what papa says.. haha

Jon Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:41 AM

Problem is, there are still millions of pornographic websites avaliable for anyone to enter...

Pasan Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:36 AM

good move... but still there are a few holes to creep.

Dheen Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:23 AM

This is a good move. Even President Obama has banned certain sites to his children.

Tharaka Chanaka Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:16 AM

yawn...

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