New Delhi: Amid growing concerns over proliferation of pornographic sites on the internet, the Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre seeking its response to the issue.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir issued notice to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and others on the contention that child pornography is being exhibited on the internet and lot of children watch them.
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02:34 PM, Apr 15, 2013
In a new crackdown on online pornography, China has shut down 225 websites and other content sharing and social media sites, the government said. ...
10:52 AM, Feb 28, 2013
Two hugely popular video games, including "Call Of Duty: Black Ops II", have been ordered off store shelves in Pakistan for portraying Pakistanis as terrorists. ...
03:38 AM, Jan 27, 2013
A Pakistani parliamentary panel has sought a ban on airing foreign content in any language during prime time and taking strict action against violators. The National Assembly's standing committee on information and broadcasting made the recommendation following a discussion on the new trend of airing foreign soaps dubbed in Urdu by local channels and their negative effect on the local culture and the Pakistani youth. ...
12:17 PM, Jan 04, 2013
The horrific December 16 Delhi gangrape case led to well-known film personalities taking to the streets in protest. However, it once again ignited the debate of whether the portrayal of women in Indian films and advertisements were also in a way contributing to such heinous acts. ...
09:22 AM, Jan 01, 2013
According to BCCC officials, there is a lot of double-meaning language being used in comedy shows. ...
10:50 AM, Dec 29, 2012
CNN-IBN'S Citizen Journalist show wins Best Cross-Platform Content at the Asian TV Awards 2012 - this is the 3rd successive Asian TV Award for the Citizen Journalist Show. ...
06:07 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Posting pictures of yourself plastered at a party and talking trash online with your Facebook friends may be more stress than it's worth now that your boss and mum want to see it all. ...
06:22 PM, Nov 26, 2012
A message for some time has been seen doing rounds on Facebook, advising users to post a "Facebook Privacy Notice", which in turn will restrict the public use of the material posted by them on Facebook. ...
12:39 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Beijing: As part of its anti-pornography drive, Chinese authorities have shut down about 97,000 blog and microblog accounts for spreading pornography and lewd content. According to State Internet Information Office, authorities closed the accounts over the past seven months, Xinhua reported. To curb lewd content from spreading via the Internet and cellphones, authorities banned 164 pornographic publications, the office said. A total of 287 Internet companies were probed and punished...
11:29 AM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: The arrest of cartoonist and India Against Corruption activist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition has sparked outrage. Aseem has been sent to police custody for a week for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal. Aseem's family and other anti-corruption activists are standing by him claiming there was nothing unpatriotic about his cartoons."Why should the government arrest our son, a cartoonist when there are...
07:40 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: Justice Markandey Katju, Press Council of India chairman, on Sunday defended Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested for allegedly posting seditious content on his web portal, saying the cartoonist has done nothing illegal. "My opinion is that the cartoonist did nothing illegal. In a democracy many things are said, some truthful and others false," Katju said in a statement. Trivedi was arrested yesterday and produced in a Mumbai court...
07:30 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Mumbai: Yet another cartoonist has become the victim of the ongoing policing by political parties. Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was on Sunday arrested for allegedly posting "ugly and obscene" content on his web portal. Trivedi was arrested in Mumbai and produced in a Bandra court later in the day following which he was sent to police custody till September 16. He was charged with sedition under Section 124 A of the...
01:36 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: If anyone told me four years ago I'd be writing about Sherlyn Chopra, I'd have asked "Sherlyn Chopra, who?" The odd child of a booming Indian social media scene, Chopra arrived blazing across the horizon, riding a popularity wave in the wake of a tremendous publicity coup she pulled over contemporaries, many of whom with little or no access to the magical world of influential Hindi film stars....
10:57 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: The government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said had spread scare-mongering material that threatened national security. The backlash came as New Delhi turned up the heat on Twitter, threatening "appropriate and suitable action" if it failed to remove the accounts as soon as possible. Several Indian newspapers said this could mean a...
09:34 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Washington: The US on Thursday advised India to ensure Internet freedom while seeking to preserve national security, as the Indian government asked social networking websites to check pages carrying inflammatory messages. "As the Indian government seeks to preserve security, we are urging them also to take into account the importance of freedom of expression in the online world," State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, told reporters at her daily news conference....
08:14 AM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: Twitter has conveyed that it is facing technical difficulties in blocking certain webpages where morphed and inflammatory images are uploaded. The government, however, has made it clear that the social networking site has to withdraw them or face punitive action. Facing a directive to block the offending webpages immediately, Twitter conveyed to Department of Electronics and Information Technology that it was facing technical problems in withdrawing them and...
09:05 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Tech Editor CNBC TV18 Suresh Venkat says the government is not active enough to monitor content on internet and social networking sites and generate a real-time response. ...
08:31 PM, Aug 23, 2012
CNBC TV18's Tech Editor Suresh Venkat has said that a real-time monitoring agency is required to keep hate content on websites under check. ...
04:00 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: With Assam still tense following the communal violence in some of its districts, the Central Government is trying to block offensive content on social media websites, which it claims have been responsible for the hate campaign against Northeast Indians. The government has given the microblogging site Twitter and other social media websites a deadline of 12 hours deadline to remove the objectionable content or face a shutdown in...
12:52 PM, Aug 23, 2012
