It's time to filter Internet content, urges Dr Mahathir
BernamaPublished: Nov 11, 2013 12:17 AM | Updated: Nov 11, 2013 4:36 AM
It is time to filter Internet content due to rampant abuse in the distribution of pornography, questionable news and slanders, said former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
It is time to filter Internet content due to rampant abuse in the distribution of pornography, questionable news and slanders, said former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
He said in the past, youths and children could not lay their hands on pornographic pictures and videos, but with the Internet, they could see them anywhere.
Pornographic pictures then were only published in foreign newspapers and magazines, but their distribution could be blocked unlike the Internet which allowed unfettered distribution at a fast speed, he said at the 16th Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) convocation in Bangi yesterday.
He said the distribution of explicit material on the Internet had contributed greatly to moral decay among youths and children that led to a sharp increase in sexual assaults and rapes and other criminal cases.
"Maybe some individuals are learning how to commit murder and robbery from the Internet as some pictures and videos uploaded display extreme violence that could have affected the community," he said.
He said although the government had promised not to restrict Internet use at the outset, the changing situation warranted it as the spread of offensive material through the medium could threaten national security.
- Bernama
He said in the past, youths and children could not lay their hands on pornographic pictures and videos, but with the Internet, they could see them anywhere.
Pornographic pictures then were only published in foreign newspapers and magazines, but their distribution could be blocked unlike the Internet which allowed unfettered distribution at a fast speed, he said at the 16th Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) convocation in Bangi yesterday.He said the distribution of explicit material on the Internet had contributed greatly to moral decay among youths and children that led to a sharp increase in sexual assaults and rapes and other criminal cases.
"Maybe some individuals are learning how to commit murder and robbery from the Internet as some pictures and videos uploaded display extreme violence that could have affected the community," he said.
He said although the government had promised not to restrict Internet use at the outset, the changing situation warranted it as the spread of offensive material through the medium could threaten national security.
- Bernama
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