Sri Lanka cannot use its fund for net censorship: World Bank
Wed, February 17 2010 15:52 | 511 Views
Colombo (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - The World Bank said money given for
Sri Lanka's telecom regulator cannot be used for net censorship activities following reports that Chinese expertise would be hired to clamp down on web news portals.
The World Bank said it has given a grant from its Institutional Development Fund for the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of
Sri Lanka (TRC) to develop a regulatory framework for advanced telecom technology known as next generation networks (NGN).
"This consultancy does not include any provisions or scope to include Internet censorship and the Bank would not approve any such provision," the World Bank said in a statement.
Source:
Business in Asia Today - Feb.17, 2010
published by Asia PulseEditor: Ricka
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