Madras High Court suggests Australia-like ban on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat for children under 16The Madras High Court has suggested Centre to explore the possibility of drafting legislation similar to that adopted by Australia which re...
26 Dec, 2025, 09.15 AM IST
Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos targeted in EU investigationEU regulators are investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for allegedly violating EU online content laws. These platforms are s...
27 May, 2025, 04.20 PM IST
SC to hear on April 28 plea to prohibit sexually explicit content on OTT, social media platformsThe Supreme Court is set to hear a plea urging the Centre to regulate sexually explicit content on OTT and social media platforms. The peti...
27 Apr, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
Will porn be banned in the U.S.? Will one have to input I.D. to view pornographic content? The Supreme Court is mulling ways to regulate itThe Supreme Court is considering Texas' strict age-verification law for accessing pornographic content.
16 Jan, 2025, 06.27 PM 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
Spain to develop age verification technology to restrict access to porn sites for minorsGovernment spokeswoman Pilar Alegria, addressing the media after a weekly cabinet meeting, emphasized the "obvious and logical negative imp...
16 Jan, 2024, 09.07 PM 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
Govt tells YouTube to crack down on 'fake news channels', asks for new policy guidlinesIn an office memorandum sent to social media intermediaries on Friday, the ministry of electronics and information technology has asked all...
16 Oct, 2023, 07.36 PM IST
Social media companies warned of strict action over child abuse contentThe electronics and information technology ministry had sent notices to these companies a week ago, asking them to remove all child sexual ...
14 Oct, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Watching porn privately is not a legal offence: Kerala High CourtThe ruling came in a case where a man was caught watching pornographic videos on his mobile phone. The court also cautioned parents about t...
13 Sep, 2023, 01.03 PM IST
'Don't Say Gay' bill: What provisions of Republican-backed proposed law can affect whole US?'Don't Say Gay' bill or "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act", which is the original name, has been proposed on Tuesday.
21 Oct, 2022, 11.04 PM IST
'Child pornography': Maliwal summons Twitter India Policy head, Delhi PoliceChairperson of Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal, has summoned Twitter India Policy Head and Delhi Police over tweets depicting chi...
20 Sep, 2022, 02.53 PM IST
Centre notifies new POCSO rules making law for sexual offences against children more stringentSome of the significant additions in the new rules include provision of mandatory police verification of staff in schools and care homes, p...
13 Mar, 2020, 12.52 PM IST
Blocking porn sites would cause greater harm: Centre to Supreme CourtAppearing before a bench headed by Justice B S Chauhan, Additional Solicitor General K V Vishwanathan submitted that blocking all such webs...
05 May, 2014, 06.59 PM IST
FIR against Google for 'access' to obscene contentA FIR has been lodged against Google under the IT Act following a complaint by a local for allegedly facilitating pornographic content on a...
07 Feb, 2014, 09.13 PM IST
SC seeks Centre's response on rise in pornographic sitesAmid growing concerns over rise of pornographic sites, the Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre seeking its response to the is...
15 Apr, 2013, 01.20 PM IST
Google to step up anti-porn efforts in ChinaGoogle said it had renewed efforts to keep the Internet in China clean after noticing criticism posted to the web site of the mainland watc...
19 Jun, 2009, 03.19 PM IST