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4. A crackdown on digital porn
- The Union government on Thursday said it has taken action to block 18
OTT platforms and social media accounts associated with them for publishing obscene, vulgar and in some instancespornographic content . - A Ministry of Information and Broadcasting statement said 18 OTT platforms and 19 websites, 10 apps and 57 social media accounts associated with them have been disabled for public access in India.
- Among the 10 apps banned, seven were available on Google Play Store and three on Apple App Store.
- “A significant portion of the content hosted on these platforms was found to be obscene, vulgar, and portrayed women in a demeaning manner,” Anurag Thakur, Union minister of information and broadcasting, was quoted as saying.
- “It depicted nudity and sexual acts in various inappropriate contexts such as relationships between teachers and students, incestuous relationships, etc,” he added.
- “Additionally, these OTT platforms extensively utilised social media to disseminate trailers, specific scenes, and external links aimed at attracting audiences to their websites and apps. The social media accounts of the concerned OTT platforms had a cumulative followership of over 32 lakh users,” the minister said.
- The content was determined to be prima facie in violation of Sections 67 and 67A of the IT Act, Section 292 of the IPC, and Section 4 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
- The decision to act against the OTT platforms was taken under the provisions of the
Information Technology Act , 2000 in consultation with other ministries/departments of the government, the statement said. - Domain experts specialising in media and entertainment, women's rights and child rights were also consulted.
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