Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 18:03:06 +0530
Subject: Re: Fw: Request to block YouTube in Sri Lanka for causing harm to Buddhism
To: Menaka Pathirana <menaka@trc.gov.lk>, ...
Cc: Tharalika Livera <...@trc.gov.lk>, Ruwani Gooneratne <...@trc.gov.lk>, Nimali Silva <...@trc.gov.lk>
Body:
Dear Ms. Pathirana,
I didn't ask you to block the offensive YouTube channels, but to block the entire YouTube website since YouTube had not been responsive to the requests I sent. This is something the ISPs in Sri Lanka can do upon your instruction. Had YouTube listened and acted to fix their problem, I would not have asked you to block the website. But they appear to not care. That's why I asked you to block the entire website. So what you say about blocking YouTube channels is not relevant to my request.
Secondly, don't mislead by saying that content regulation does not come within the preview of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act. Let me quote the initial part of section 5 of the Act:
"5. For the purpose of achieving the objects referred to in section 4, the Authority shall have the following powers, and duties -
(a) to ensure that the telecommunication services in the country are operated in a manner which will best serve and contribute to its overall economic and social development and advancement;"
So you see, the powers and duties the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has are broad. You are simply trying to tell lies and hide your fault.
In this page I have detailed the problem to some more extent: https://www.utube.cyou/about
And here's what happens due to your inaction: https://www.utube.cyou/
Shame on you for taking public money and let the society degrade!
Kamal
On 3/3/21 3:47 PM, Menaka Pathirana wrote:
> Mr. Wickramanayake
>
> Reference is given to your request to block You tube and subsequent
> comments published regarding officers of the TRCSL.
>
> it is noted that content published in certain you tube channels on
> several arears are a matter of concerns in Sri Lanka.
> However , You tube and similar other social media platforms are hosted
> in foreign jurisdictions.
> As such blocking such offensive channels can be done by such hosting
> foreign companies, in keeping with their internal policies, terms and
> conditions towards its subscribers and not by ISP licensed operators
> in Sri Lanka.
> In any event content regulation is not a matter within the preview of
> the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act.
>