TRCSL seeks:

Expertise on pornsite crackdown

Chaminda PERERA

The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) at a meeting scheduled for next week will determine on how individuals and institutions involved in uploading pornographic pictures and videos to the internet could be tackled.

According to TRCSL Director General Priyantha Kariyapperuma, the Commission will convene IT experts from the Colombo University and other institutions specializing in IT, representatives of the Attorney General’s Department and the law enforcement authorities to workout a framework through which the individuals and institutions involved in uploading pornographic material to the internet could be apprehended.

“In compliance with the court order, we have already informed internet service providers to bar pornographic sites and a number of such sites have already been identified and banned,” he said. He said the Commission has sought public assistance to identify the origin of porno sites and take legal action against the offenders.

He said the Commission has received a number of complaints about individuals who are in the habit of downloading pornographic pictures and videos involving Sri Lankans to the internet.