Petition to amend IT Law to ban Pornography filed in Rajya Sabha

[Navjot Singh]

A petition has been filed by a Jain priest Vijayratna Sunder Suri and Rajya Sabha MP, Mr. Vijay J Darda that calls for ban on cyber pornography. The petition filed to the Rajya Sabha “Committee of petitions” notes that cyber pornography is having serious negative affects on younger generation in India. The petition goes on to say that majority of Indian population is below 35 years old and this population is getting digressed, distorted and distressed on account of the growing free sex culture through cyber pornography. The petition wants the IT Act, 2000 to be amended by making Pornography on computers and mobile to be a criminal act. It also demands that producing, distributing as well viewing of such sites should attract severe punishments. The parliament committee has taken cognizance of this petition and will undertake consultations with cross section of society to arrive at the decision.

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Damn. Seems they won't sit quiet unless they pass a law against it.

 

[ashish]

In last 2 years we have deteriorated in terms of censorship on net.
Soon the net will be as regulated as dumb T.V. in years to come

 

[Kunal Roy]

Maybe these losers have nothing better to do?

 

[Sushubh]

The fallout of such a ban, though, would be much more than just some fuzzy numbers. It would be constitutional rather than mathematical, since a ban would encroach on the average online citizen's right to privacy. Citing a Delhi High Court ruling, the ALF's letter to Members of Parliament states: “The way in which one gives expression to one's sexuality is at the core of private intimacy. If in expressing one's sexuality, one acts consensually and without harming the other, invasion of that precinct will be a breach of that privacy.” Section 66A of the IT Act already criminalises mobile phone messages considered to be 'annoying' or 'inconvenient', but a ban on viewing porn would require an even stricter system of surveillance.

Thus in India, a ban on porn would further restrict access to the limited amount of available sex education. The acharya's petition talks about STDs and teenage pregnancies as a consequence of 'cyber porn addiction' but doesn't take into account the fact that such a ban would likely censor all websites providing information on sexual health, which would only increase rather than decrease these problems.

Do you like your porn? Yes? Okay. Then let's start talking about it.

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