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Centre to Supreme Court: We will clamp down on Internet porn

The central government has told the Supreme Court that it will take steps to clamp down on Internet porn, especially sites which deal with child pornography, reports the Press Trust of India. Additional solicitor general Pinky Anand gave the assurances to the apex court after Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy said the government failed to take action against such sites. Earlier in April 2014, the Supreme Court had asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to submit an affidavit explaining if it could block pornographic content in India. The DoT in its reply had said that it was not possible to "take actions against these entities operating such servers under Indian laws” . The Supreme Court had asked the DoT's secretary to file his personal affidavit to clarify whether DoT or any other government department was competent to issue direction to the Internet service providers for calling off sites showing pornography. The Court is hearing a public interest litigation which is seeking a ban on Internet porn and child pornography and argues that the “obscene” content available online led sex crimes against women and children. "The petitioner most respectfully submits that most of the offences committed against women/girls/children are fuelled by pornography. The worrying issue is the severity and gravity of the images are increasing. It is a matter of serious concern that pre-pubescent children are being raped," the petition had said. The issues with blocking Internet porn The Supreme Court is right in its concerns about child pornography. But…

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