| Mr.Fiction |
07-04-2003 01:19 PM |
BBC: 60% of Pakistani web users visit porn sites
Pakistan tackles web porn
Pakistan is to develop software to block pornographic websites as part of a drive against obscenity on the net, say officials.
The computer program will be offered for free to surfers later this year so that they can set up internet filters on their machines.
As a conservative Muslim nation, Pakistan is keen to shield its citizens from the copious amount of explicit material on the web.
It could face an uphill struggle, with more than 60% of the country's internet users visiting porn sites, according to telecoms officials.
An estimated one million people use the internet in Pakistan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3041022.stm
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