[At-Large] Web security and domain names in the Pacific

[Franck Martin]

SUVA, FIJI ---- Leading Pacific ICT professionals have condemned recent
reports that the region is a major source of Internet porn and online
threats.

A number of members of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society
(PICISOC) expressed disappointment over poor standards of reporting by
Michael Field in his article "Pacific atolls host world's most dangerous
websites", released last month by Fairfax Media, New Zealand.

The article was based on a recent study carried out by United States (US)
Internet security company, McAfee, which assessed and rated online safety
risks of 265 countries' top-level domains (TLDs), among others.

"It is unfortunate that this important study has been so drastically
misinterpreted and poorly reported," says PICISOC Chair, Rajnesh Dhirendra
Singh.

"We are particularly concerned with repercussions such a story may have on
the development of ICTs in the region, and the international, regional and
national perceptions of Internet use and content delivery in the Pacific."

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