Meanwhile, officials in the communications ministry revealed that pornographic web sites could be acceded anyway even if any filters were installed to block them.

The officials made the remarks during a meeting of the People’s Assembly transport committee on Wednesday (May 16) as Dr. ‘Amr Badawī, Chairman of the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA), stressed the government’s keenness on implementing the block on porn sites by all means. [Ahmad Sāmī Mitwallī, al-Ahrām, May 17, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic