Communications issues directive to internet providers and mobile companies regarding blocking offensive websites and low-level content

Today, Saturday, Minister of Communications Hiyam Al-Yasiri issued a set of decisions regarding blocking offensive websites and low-quality content.
The ministry stated in a statement received by Al-Rasheed, that “Minister of Communications Hiyam Al-Yasiri chaired a meeting at the ministry’s headquarters that included the official partners providing internet service (ISP) and mobile phone companies (Asiacell – Zain – Korek), in the presence of the technical advisor Baraq Abdul Qader and the general manager of the Al-Salam General Company, Nabil Abdul Baqi.”
The statement added that “Al-Yasiri discussed during the meeting the project to develop the international access gateway system to increase the robustness of blocking offensive websites on the Internet, which is one of the projects included in the government program decisions.”
Al-Yasiri stressed the “necessity of implementing the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers and the Federal Court regarding the issue of blocking electronic websites that violate publishing laws, offend the values ​​of Iraqi society, and have low-level content.”
According to the statement, the Minister stressed “the importance of bilateral cooperation with ISP and mobile phone companies,” affirming that “the responsibility is shared with the private sector, as the supreme government directives must be implemented and the decisions of the Federal Supreme Court are binding and final for all authorities.”
The statement explained that “Al-Yasiri listened to a number of observations, ideas and suggestions that contribute to developing the work and overcoming the obstacles and difficulties facing it.”