PM Imran says character building very crucial in modern era.
Proliferation of tech gadgets has made everything available, he says.
PM chairs meeting on blocking pornographic websites in country.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed authorities to ensure effective gate-keeping of online content to shield innocent minds against the "ruthless onslaught" of immoral and pornographic content online.
The prime minister's directives came as he chaired a meeting on blocking pornographic websites in the country, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said.
"Character building is very crucial in the modern tech-savvy era. The proliferation of tech gadgets and 3G/4G internet technology has made all sort of content available to everyone," the prime minister said.
“We need to protect our youth, especially kids, from being exposed to immoral and unethical content available online,” he added.
The prime minister was told that Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), particularly Cloudfare, having 1-2% of total internet traffic share, have complaints against them of serving pornographic content, the statement said.
According to the statement, "other CDNs don’t serve pornographic material as per their policies".
The prime minister was also informed that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) needs to work with internet service providers (ISPs)/CDNs for blocking pornographic content through CDNs, particularly Cloudfare, the statement added.
He was informed that PTA also needs to...
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