Iraqi authorities have switched off electronic advertising boards in Baghdad after pornographic footage was broadcast on one of the screens.
A man has now been arrested by the police after the x-rated material was broadcast to passers-by in the capital, local media reported. The digital advertising boards were switched off on Sunday, according to Shafaq News, which said: “Iraqi security authorities decided to temporarily turn off screens displaying advertisements in public places in the capital, Baghdad, after they were subjected to electronic hacking and immoral clips were displayed in public.
” The statement went on to add that following “preliminary investigations,” the accused man suggested that “he had committed this immoral act due to financial problems with the owner of the company that owns the display screen.” Some, but not all, of the screens are now back in operation, CNN has confirmed. Last year, the Iraqi government announced that it planned to block porn sites, though it is not clear how effective that policy has been.
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