China shuts 74 tourism websites for disseminating pornographyThe administration called on consumers to choose tourism products through legal websites and encouraged the public to report violations.
30 Jan, 2017, 02.33 PM IST
Supreme Court orders ban on child porn sites, says ‘want no excuse’People could not be allowed to watch pornography websites at public places in name of freedom of speech and expression, such persons should...
27 Feb, 2016, 11.09 AM 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
Child pornography: Government initiates steps to access Interpol's listIn order to check online child pornography, government has initiated steps to devise a mechanism to access Interpol's 'worst-of-list'.
02 Dec, 2015, 03.56 PM IST
Not sex education, panel recommends cyber education for parentsExpert group, set up by MHA on cyber crimes, moots setting up of an advance cyber crime monitoring centre for proactive monitoring of crime...
18 Sep, 2015, 10.09 AM IST
Poke Me: The real issue India needs to tackle is child pornography, not pornographyThe nature and variety of pornography available on the Internet is diverse and includes content that many will find abhorrent and distastef...
20 Aug, 2015, 05.36 PM IST
Crackdown only on child porn sites, AG Mukul Rohatgi tells SCRohatgi told a bench of Chief Justice Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy that the crackdown would be limited only to websites c...
11 Aug, 2015, 12.40 PM IST
Standing up for the ‘dirty’ picture? Get the big pictureThe government’s order to block access to 857 websites with pornographic content has attracted strong criticism and even provoked a measure...
09 Aug, 2015, 10.37 AM IST
New order on porn ban vague, unimplementable: ISPs"ISPs have no way or mechanism to filter out child pornography from URLs, and the further unlimited sub-links," Internet Service Providers ...
06 Aug, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
Using Britain like porn filter model better option than blanket ban: ExpertsA blanket ban on all pornographic content is rarely considered effective because of the plethora of workarounds available.
06 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Government should withdraw vague order on porn sites: ISPsISPAI has urged the government to withdraw its earlier directive on banning porn sites and the subsequent amendment that the ISPs are "free...
05 Aug, 2015, 11.20 PM 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
Government asks internet service companies to block pornography sites, upgrade systemsPrasad said porn is legal in other countries, it needs to be viewed in the “context of Indian culture and moral obligation towards society”.
11 Nov, 2014, 03.47 AM IST
Can't block pornographic sites on our own: Internet Service Providers tell Supreme CourtISPs told SC that it is practically & technically impossible for them to block pornographic sites without orders from court & govt & they c...
27 Jan, 2014, 06.10 PM IST
- India to oppose .XXX domain for porn sites
India will seek to block the internet’s newly-formed red-light district after a global agency governing the web approved .xxx suffix for po...
24 Mar, 2011, 06.47 AM IST
- Search engines to shield netizens from cyber sins
A number of new internet search engines created by Christian, Jewish or Muslim entities aim to filter out queries from web users in a way t...
20 Sep, 2010, 06.46 AM IST
- China to shut down 122 blogs, pornographic sites
As part of China's crackdown on pornography, the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) has demanded the shutting down of 1...
16 Jul, 2010, 02.44 PM IST