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| By Samudranil Mukherjee |
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 (12:19:19) |
| Tags : Information Technology (IT) Act 2000, Central Government, Savita Bhabi |
Porn websites cannot be banned just for obscenity
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| New Delhi: As a fallout, that went ignored, of the amendments that were made only recently to the Information Technology (IT) Act 2000, the central government has let go the authority to block porn sites on the basis of mere obscenity. This means that sites such as Savita Bhabi cannot be banned just because they do not conform to wider social norms. As per the new changes only judicial bodies would be able to bar such websites.
The Section 69A could be credited for bringing about this alteration. As per the new ruling Indian government is authorised to stop these websites only if they give rise to a public order problems. However, it is not likely that porn sites such as Savita Bhabi would create problems at a massive scale.
As per the previous ruling Indian government had the power to ban any website for stopping a possibly understandable offence such as obscenity for example. However, the new ruling takes a different view of such things.
According to the new ruling there are five grounds under which the Indian government can directly ban a website. However, it is noticeable that not a single one of these areas are related, in any way or form, to obscenity per se. |
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