’Can’t Be Present in Everyone’s Bedroom’: Centre To Supreme Court on Banning

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 10, 2015:  On a petition asking for a ban on porn sites, the government today told the Supreme Court that while child pornography must be banned, "we cannot be present in everyone’s bedroom."

Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi said that a larger debate was required in the society or in Parliament on banning porn.

"However we cannot become a totalitarian state," the government’s top lawyer said.

Last week, the government blocked 850 portals with adult content on grounds of morality and decency, but partially revoked the order after an angry backlash on social media, where censorship became a raging debate.

The government also ordered Internet service providers to shut down sites that promote child pornography.

Service operators are to disable sites that promote child pornography, a spokesperson for India’s Department of Telecom said.

Many service providers say the government’s order is ambiguous and not practical.

 

Courtesy: NDTV