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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