The Chairperson of the Pornography Control Committee (PCC), Dr. Annette Kezaabu, has revealed that over 150 websites have been closed by internet providers in Uganda due to pornography . Kezaabu has also expressed concern about the escalating exposure of Ugandan children to pornography and online sexual exploitation, calling it a \u201cquiet dangerous normalization\u201d of child sexual exposure in the digital space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Center in Kampala , Kezaabu whose committee operates under the Office of the President\u2019s Directorate for Ethics and Integrity said the problem is no longer distant or abstract, but unfolding \u201cwithin the very devices we have placed in our children\u2019s hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that children are now encountering explicit material at increasingly younger ages, with some being groomed into sharing sexual images and others drawn into transactional and exploitative digital interactions. Such exposure, she stressed, is \u201cnot neutral\u201d and can distort normal development, damage emotional and social growth, drive premature sexualisation, and foster dependency through repeated dopamine-triggering content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLeft unchecked, this does not simply influence behaviour\u2014it reshapes how a child understands relationships, dignity, and self-worth,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, the government, through the Pornography Control Committee and the Directorate for Ethics and Integrity, working with the Uganda Communications Commission, recently undertook targeted blocking ofover 150 pornographic websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was not a blanket action. It was deliberate, coordinated, and protective,\u201d Dr. Kezaabu explained, noting that the move is aimed at reducing children\u2019s exposure to harmful content and making Uganda\u2019s digital environment safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She emphasised that the measures are not about curtailing freedoms, but about safeguarding minors in a rapidly changing digital world where pornography is \u201cprivate, portable, and embedded in everyday digital interaction,\u201d often accessed accidentally through social media and messaging platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Kezaabu acknowledged that blocking sites alone is insufficient and outlined broader steps the Committee plans to take. These include strengthening school outreach programmes, partnering with child psychologists and experts for early detection and rehabilitation, and working with institutions to build awareness and digital resilience among young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PCC chairperson called for a whole-of-society response, urging parents to be present and attentive in their children\u2019s online lives, schools to guide and protect learners, religious and community leaders to reinforce values, and the media to report responsibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cProtecting children is a shared responsibility,\u201d she said, warning that without deliberate action, Uganda risks raising a generation shaped more by unchecked digital influence than by guidance and protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA child should be free to grow, to learn, to play, to be curious\u2014not to be exposed to exploitation, manipulation, and premature adult realities,\u201d Dr. Kezaabu concluded, closing her remarks with the national creed: \u201cFor God and My Country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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