Source: Bandula Sirimanna
Experts from China — which is embroiled in a battle with global search
giant Google over allegations of web censorship — will help Sri Lanka
to block “offensive” websites.IT experts of China’s Military Intelligence Division [?] will be here
within the next two weeks to map out the modalities required for this
process.The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) will introduce
necessary legislation to make registration with the institution
compulsory for all news websites. These websites should obtain the
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from the TRC under new regulations
that will be introduced shortly. In addition action will be taken to
impose controls on the Google search engine as well in relation to
these issues.