MIB action against TV channels declines after 2022 highThe ministry took 12 actions in 2024 and 2025 combined for violations of the Programme Code and Advertising Code, including four in 2024 an...
02 Apr, 2026, 12.07 AM IST
Badshah's ‘Tateeree’ controversy deepens: Rapper summoned by NCW over vulgarity allegationsBadshah Tateeree controversy, NCW summons Badshah, Tateeree song row, Badshah legal issues, NCW action against singer, objectionable song c...
19 Mar, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
Haryana Women’s panel summons Badshah over 'Tateeree' lyricsThe Haryana State Commission for Women has summoned rapper Badshah. This action is due to allegedly objectionable lyrics in his Haryanvi tr...
06 Mar, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
Grok’s ‘Spicy Mode’ cooks up a stormHigh-profile cases involving women celebrities at the receiving end include the likes of Taylor Swift, whose AI-generated offensive videos ...
05 Jan, 2026, 06.01 AM IST
MIB asks ISPs to block 25 streaming platforms over obscenity, indecent representationThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has ordered a ban on 25 OTT platforms. These platforms allegedly host inappropriate content. I...
25 Jul, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on OTT content regulation petitionThe Supreme Court has addressed a petition concerning objectionable content on OTT platforms and social media, issuing notices to the Centr...
28 Apr, 2025, 07.36 PM IST
YouTube seeks more time to remove indecent content involving mothers, childrenIn a statement, the commission said it has observed an alarming trend of "Child sexual abuse material" on YouTube, where challenges were po...
16 Jan, 2024, 08.41 AM IST
Child rights panel summons YouTube India official over failure to curb indecent contentThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned YouTube's head of public policy and government affairs, Mira Ch...
12 Jan, 2024, 10.43 AM IST
Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok after assurances to control ‘immoral & indecent' contentsThe Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had banned it in July after complaints that it was uploading and disseminating immoral conte...
20 Nov, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
Pakistani court lifts ban on TikTokThe Sindh High Court (SHC) on June 28 had asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the telecom regulator, to suspend the Chine...
02 Jul, 2021, 05.59 PM IST
Pakistan to block social media app TikTok for "immoral" content"We have been asking them repeatedly to put in place an effective mechanism for blocking immoral and indecent content," one of the top offi...
09 Oct, 2020, 05.27 PM IST
No finding love online: Tinder, Grindr blocked in Pakistan in bid to control 'immoral' contentThe PTA said the ban addressed the "negative effects of indecent content".
02 Sep, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
Six offensive posts on social media in trash binAbiding by voluntary code of conduct, Facebook and Twitter remove ‘indecent’ and ‘violent’ content.
08 Apr, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
- Parliamentary panel suggests including filmmakers, directors under proposed law
A Parliamentary panel examining a legislation, which seeks to prohibit indecent representation of women in new forms of communications like...
24 Sep, 2013, 08.28 PM IST
Fashion TV ordered to go off air for 10 days over 'indecent' visualsUpset over telecast of "indecent" visuals on Fashion TV, a committee of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry today ordered that the ch...
28 Mar, 2013, 09.43 PM IST
Soon, 3 years jail for porn MMSs, indecent emailsThe fine will be increased from Rs 2,000 to a minimum of Rs 50,000 going up to Rs 1 lakh and prison term will go up to three years.
11 Oct, 2012, 05.25 AM IST
- India bans TV channel AXN for 'indecent content'
India has banned Sony's satellite channel AXN for two months for showing "indecent content," the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said...
18 Jan, 2007, 12.18 PM IST