SC rules downloading, watching child porn an offence; lays down guidelines, legal consequencesThe Supreme Court has urged Parliament to redefine 'child pornography' as 'child sexually abusive and exploitative material.' The Court emp...
23 Sep, 2024, 12.03 PM IST
Downloading and watching child porn a POCSO offence? Supreme Court to decide on MondayThe Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on a plea challenging a Madras High Court ruling that downloading and watching child pornograph...
22 Sep, 2024, 03.29 PM IST
Watching porn online is not a crime, can't be punished or prosecuted: High CourtThe Karnataka high court ruled that merely viewing child pornography online is not prosecutable under Section 67B of the IT Act. Justice M....
19 Jul, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
'Watching porn not an offence': SC to examine HC judgement, terms the ruling as 'atrocious'The Supreme Court will scrutinise a Madras High Court ruling deeming watching child pornography as non-offensive. The controversial judgmen...
11 Mar, 2024, 04.49 PM IST
Balenciaga issues apology over ‘inappropriate’ holiday campaign featuring children holding bondage teddy bearsBalenciaga, the famous high-end brand, quickly apologised and recalled its ad campaign a little too late, after being accused of featuring ...
28 Nov, 2022, 05.15 PM IST
CBI to seek extended custody of child porn accusedThe UP Police was out of the loop, ET has learnt. It was informed about it only after CBI formally arrested Rambhawan on November 16. It pr...
20 Nov, 2020, 11.38 PM IST
RS panel suggests dedicated system to prevent online abuse of childrenA dedicated mechanism to deal with online sexual crimes on children and changes in the definition of 'child pornography' under the Protecti...
14 Jan, 2020, 08.57 AM IST
Rajya Sabha Panel submits report on tackling child porn, recommendations could include changes in POCSO ActThe panel may want the POSCO Act to consider as an offence the act of “advocating or counselling sexual activity” to a minor, and may want ...
13 Jan, 2020, 11.47 PM IST
Naidu suggests committee be formed to check pornographyReferring to the issue raised by AIADMK member Vijila Sathyananth in the House on Thursday, Naidu suggested that "some well-meaning members...
29 Nov, 2019, 02.41 PM IST
Child porn definition to be widened to curb crimeThe Union Cabinet had on Wednesday approved the amendments to the POCSO Act.
12 Jul, 2019, 08.58 AM IST
Government approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against childrenThe amendments in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act also provide for fines and imprisonment to curb child pornogr...
10 Jul, 2019, 06.52 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to suggest measures to ban child pornographyPinky Anand said that agencies like Interpol and the CBI are taking necessary steps to block sites which specifically deal in child pornogr...
26 Feb, 2016, 05.16 PM IST
Poke Me: The real issue India needs to tackle is child pornography, not pornography (Readers React)This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "The real issue India needs to tackle is child pornography, not pornography".
29 Aug, 2015, 05.36 AM IST
Government mulls ombudsman to monitor porn on internetThe government is planning to set up an ombudsman to keep a check on pornography and other objectionable content on the internet
04 Aug, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
Many top executives watch porn on office gadgets, say investigatorsMany top managers, including CEOs and CFOs, watch pornography on their office computers, laptops, tablets and phones, say investigators.
10 Jun, 2015, 05.52 AM IST
- Colonel in child pornography case not to be extradited to Germany: Police
An Army officer arrested here on the charge of child pornography will not be extradited to Germany, where a similar case has been registere...
12 May, 2010, 08.40 PM IST
- Govt to Amend IT Act in winter session to deal cyber-crimes
The Union government will be incorporating stringent provisions in the proposed amendment to the Information Technology Act to deal with a ...
06 Dec, 2008, 06.39 PM IST