Vietnam proposes banning under-16s from posting on social mediaVietnam plans to restrict social media use for children under sixteen. Accounts for those under sixteen will require parental registration ...
24 Jul, 2026, 04.24 PM IST
VPNs up, porn websites down as Australia brings in new online age-restrictionsAfter becoming the first country to impose a nationwide ban on teenagers using social media last December, Australia joined Britain, France...
09 Mar, 2026, 08.53 AM IST
Pornhub, XNXX in panic? US Supreme Court ruling lets states crack down on online adult content accessThe US Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law mandating age verification for pornography websites, a decision that has stirred concerns withi...
27 Jun, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
EU investigates four porn platforms over risks to childrenThe European Commission has launched investigations into Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos over concerns they may be failing to prevent...
27 May, 2025, 03.28 PM 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
Australia gives internet firms 6 months to draft online child safety rulesThe eSafety Commissioner requested online industry members to submit a plan by October 3 outlining measures to shield minors from encounter...
02 Jul, 2024, 01.12 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
Delhi Police books Twitter under POCSOThe child rights body had on May 29 asked the Delhi Police to book Twitter India under three sections of the POCSO Act, after claiming that...
30 Jun, 2021, 12.04 AM 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
Rajya Sabha passes POCSO amendment billNow the POCSO amendment bill, would be send to the Lok Sabha for its approval.
24 Jul, 2019, 07.28 PM 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
Air India pilot deplaned, deported from US on child porn chargesIn the United States, images of child pornography are not protected under the First Amendment rights and are illegal contraband under feder...
10 Mar, 2019, 01.01 PM IST
US deplanes & deports desi pilot for watching child pornThe Mumbai-based pilot, who is in his fifties, is employed as a first officer with an Indian carrier and frequently operates flights to the...
09 Mar, 2019, 11.50 AM IST
Indian-origin ex-German MP suspended from the Social Democratic PartyIndian-origin former German lawmaker Sebastian Edathy's membership in his Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been suspended for three years
02 Jun, 2015, 01.49 PM IST
Police asked to invoke special law on sexual crimes against childrenThe court made the observations while sentencing Vikram Singh to life imprisonment and Tejender Singh to 10 years in jail for gang-raping a...
06 Jan, 2013, 10.42 AM IST