"Hacker's X-rated Broadcast Shuts Down Electronic Billboards in Baghdad"
Iraqi authorities have temporarily switched off electronic advertising boards in Baghdad after a hacker broadcast pornographic footage on one of the screens. A man has been arrested in connection with the incident, claiming financial problems with the owner of the company that owns the display screen as the motive. Some of the screens are now back in operation. Last year, the Iraqi government announced plans to block porn sites, and it has also cracked down on social media influencers. The government has launched a platform for citizens to anonymously report "negative" or "immoral" online content. Iraq's official media regulator recently ordered media and social media companies not to use the term "homosexuality" and instead to say "sexual deviance."