Source: Jordan Times, AmmanAug.mini storage 07--AMMAN -- A Facebook campaign is underway to collect 100,000 signatures to pressure local <<>> services providers (ISPs) to block pornographic sites in the country.The "Blocking Porn Sites Campaign", with some 37,000 likes, which urges <<>> users in Jordan to register and join it in voicing support for blocking such sites, said on its Facebook page that watching pornography is a sort of addiction and damages physical and psychological health.Such sites violate the country's traditions and the religion, organisers of the campaigns said, noting that several demonstrations have been held to demand blocking these sites."Decision-makers should listen to our demands and should take the right decision and block these harmful sites," the organisers added.The campaign stressed that such sites need to be blocked for the protection of young generations.The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has recently urged ISPs to make available tools for users to block these sites.In its strategy for the ICT <<>>, the ministry said it will work with ISPs to provide users with advice on the safe use of the <<>> and the protection of children.It also added that it will work on blocking pornographic websites by enabling beneficiaries to limit access to undesired content, and will take any legislative measures to achieve this.The ministry has also said in recent remarks to The Jordan Times that a parental control <<>> programme that enables parents to limit the content their children see online is expected to be ready this year.However, ICT Minister Hatem Halawani said in recent remarks in Parliament that it was impossible to completely blself storageck pornographic sites.An expert in the IT <<>> said there are many ways whereby users can access such websites."There are free programmes available on the <<>> that users can <<>> and use to access pornographic sites if they are blocked. Even if there is a central blockage in Jordan on all porn sites, it will still be possible to access such websites ," the expert, who asked not to be named, said over the phone on Tuesday.On its Facebook page, the campaign indicated that pornographic sites rank 21st among most common websites on the <<>>.According to a study by Top Ten Reviews portal, 42.7 per cent of <<>> users globally view pornography and 72 million visit adult sites per month, while there are 1.5 billion pornographic downloads every month.There are 4.2 million pornographic websites online, constituting 12 per cent of total websites, and 68 million daily pornographic search engine requests that represent around 25 per cent of total requests on the search engines, according to the study.In the UK Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled a plan in July to block porn sites by ISPs by default unless users specifically request access to them, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported."...Millions of existing <<>> users would be contacted by their <<>> providers and told they must decide whether to use or not use "family-friendly filters to restrict adult material," the BBC said.The UK's biggest ISPs "have agreed to the filters scheme meaning it should cover" 95 per cent of homes.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) Visit the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) at .jordantimes.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉
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