THE Chief Censor, Jim Abani recently accompanied his officers and conducted awareness on topics covering the National Censorship Policy objectives, Censorship stand on Gender Based Violence (GBV), Use of Social Media and Enforcement & Compliance Roles with more emphasis on pornography, which is illegal and should not be produced, accessed or possessed by anyone in the country.
“Be a responsible viewer, reader and listener” was the appeal made by the Chief Censor to the Youths of the Gordon Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church.
The youths were challenged to be responsible users of the different mediums of communication with emphasis on technology, especially in this technological era where information of all sorts is at their fingertips through the use of smart phones.
“Our young people need to be told and guided to uphold self-respect and human decency,” were the words of the Chief Censor.
He further added that if one cannot respect self, how can one respect others and so urged the youths to always practice self-respect in what they digest daily through the different mediums of communication especially on what they view, what they listen to and what they read.
Mr Abani appealed to the youths to use their smartphones for educational purposes and to be more responsible in their conduct for a better PNG as stipulated through the PNG Vision 2050 to create a safe, healthy and clean environment.
The Office of Censorship’s goal is to uphold the values of self-respect and human decency and to promote higher moral values, by ensuring a clean feed through the media and information content for public consumption.
Therefore, building partnership with churches and other stakeholders are enablers for a positive outcome.