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'Look What Happened In Nepal Over A Ban': Top Court On Plea To Curb Porn
The Supreme Court said Monday it is not inclined to entertain a plea seeking a ban on pornography, and drew a parallel to Gen Z protests in Nepal in September - when young men and women staged violent agitations to overthrow a corrupt administration.
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"To Protect Moral, Ethical Values": Kyrgyzstan Bans Online Porn
Japarov's office said the ban on pornography is to "protect moral and ethical values" in mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country of 7 million people which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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17-Year-Old UP Boy Sells Over 4,000 Child Porn Videos, Detained
Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday caught a 17-year-old boy here for allegedly selling over 4,000 child pornography videos online, officials said.
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Twitch Addresses Deepfake Pornography Controversy, Updated Guidelines State It Is Grounds for Instant Ban
Twitch is taking an important stance against deepfake pornography. In a blog post, the live-streaming website stated that “synthetic non-consensual exploitative images” (NCEI) will no longer be tolerated on the platform. The company has updated its policies so that people who create, share, or promote such AI-generated, explicit images will be ...
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Facebook May Face Heavy Fine in Russia Over Banned Content, Says Regulator
Facebook has been warned by Russian regulator that it may face a heavy fine if it fails to delete what Moscow says is illegal.
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"Ban All Porn Sites," Says Nitish Kumar In Letter To PM Modi
Blaming porn sites for the rising incidents of sexual crime against women, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to ban all "porn sites and inappropriate content" available online.
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TikTok Finally Available Again From App Store, Google Play in India
The TikTok app is back on the Indian app stores soon after Madras HC lifted ban on the popular social media app last week.
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TikTok App Blocked In India By Google After Court Order: Report
Google has blocked access to the hugely popular video app TikTok in India to comply with the Madras High Court's directive to prohibit its downloads, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Centre Asks Google, Apple To Take Down TikTok Over Porn Concerns: Report
The government on Tuesday ordered tech giants Google and Apple to take down the Chinese-owned TikTok video app after Supreme Court expressed concerns over the spread of pornographic material, sources told news agency AFP.
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TikTok App Ban: Supreme Court Refuses To Stay High Court Order
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Madras High Court order that directed the Centre to ban the Tiktok app over concerns about access to pornographic content through it.
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Order Asking For Ban On TikTok Challenged In Top Court, No Early Hearing
A Madras High Court order asking the government ban popular Chinese video app TikTok, saying it was "encouraging pornography", was challenged in the Supreme Court today. The court, however, refused urgent hearing, as requested by senior lawyer and Congress leader Abishek Manu Singhvi and said it will come up in due course.
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Starbucks To Block Porn Access On Free Wi-Fi In All US Outlets From 2019
American coffee chain Starbucks has announced that it will block access to pornography on its free Wi-Fi in all its US outlets from January 2019. While watching explicit content in store was always banned, the coffee giant will now actively block such content, the BBC reported.
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Ban Pornography Or Lose Licence: High Court To Internet Service Providers
The Uttarakhand High Court asked the Centre to strictly implement the ban on pornographic websites, taking cognisance of reports that a girl was gang-raped in a Dehradun school by her fellow students after they watched porn clips.
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India To Crack Down On Child Porn, Possessing Videos May Land You In Jail
The centre is going to make possession of child pornography an offence, a huge upgrade over the existing provision that only spells out jail term for people who make these films, pass them around or sell them.
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3,500 Child Pornographic Sites Blocked Last Month, Government Tells Supreme Court
The government told the court that it would file a status report on the steps taken by it to curb child pornography.
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'Look What Happened In Nepal Over A Ban': Top Court On Plea To Curb Porn
The Supreme Court said Monday it is not inclined to entertain a plea seeking a ban on pornography, and drew a parallel to Gen Z protests in Nepal in September - when young men and women staged violent agitations to overthrow a corrupt administration.
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"To Protect Moral, Ethical Values": Kyrgyzstan Bans Online Porn
Japarov's office said the ban on pornography is to "protect moral and ethical values" in mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country of 7 million people which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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17-Year-Old UP Boy Sells Over 4,000 Child Porn Videos, Detained
Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday caught a 17-year-old boy here for allegedly selling over 4,000 child pornography videos online, officials said.
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Twitch Addresses Deepfake Pornography Controversy, Updated Guidelines State It Is Grounds for Instant Ban
Twitch is taking an important stance against deepfake pornography. In a blog post, the live-streaming website stated that “synthetic non-consensual exploitative images” (NCEI) will no longer be tolerated on the platform. The company has updated its policies so that people who create, share, or promote such AI-generated, explicit images will be ...
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Facebook May Face Heavy Fine in Russia Over Banned Content, Says Regulator
Facebook has been warned by Russian regulator that it may face a heavy fine if it fails to delete what Moscow says is illegal.
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"Ban All Porn Sites," Says Nitish Kumar In Letter To PM Modi
Blaming porn sites for the rising incidents of sexual crime against women, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to ban all "porn sites and inappropriate content" available online.
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TikTok Finally Available Again From App Store, Google Play in India
The TikTok app is back on the Indian app stores soon after Madras HC lifted ban on the popular social media app last week.
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TikTok App Blocked In India By Google After Court Order: Report
Google has blocked access to the hugely popular video app TikTok in India to comply with the Madras High Court's directive to prohibit its downloads, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Centre Asks Google, Apple To Take Down TikTok Over Porn Concerns: Report
The government on Tuesday ordered tech giants Google and Apple to take down the Chinese-owned TikTok video app after Supreme Court expressed concerns over the spread of pornographic material, sources told news agency AFP.
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TikTok App Ban: Supreme Court Refuses To Stay High Court Order
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Madras High Court order that directed the Centre to ban the Tiktok app over concerns about access to pornographic content through it.
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Order Asking For Ban On TikTok Challenged In Top Court, No Early Hearing
A Madras High Court order asking the government ban popular Chinese video app TikTok, saying it was "encouraging pornography", was challenged in the Supreme Court today. The court, however, refused urgent hearing, as requested by senior lawyer and Congress leader Abishek Manu Singhvi and said it will come up in due course.
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Starbucks To Block Porn Access On Free Wi-Fi In All US Outlets From 2019
American coffee chain Starbucks has announced that it will block access to pornography on its free Wi-Fi in all its US outlets from January 2019. While watching explicit content in store was always banned, the coffee giant will now actively block such content, the BBC reported.
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Ban Pornography Or Lose Licence: High Court To Internet Service Providers
The Uttarakhand High Court asked the Centre to strictly implement the ban on pornographic websites, taking cognisance of reports that a girl was gang-raped in a Dehradun school by her fellow students after they watched porn clips.
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India To Crack Down On Child Porn, Possessing Videos May Land You In Jail
The centre is going to make possession of child pornography an offence, a huge upgrade over the existing provision that only spells out jail term for people who make these films, pass them around or sell them.
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3,500 Child Pornographic Sites Blocked Last Month, Government Tells Supreme Court
The government told the court that it would file a status report on the steps taken by it to curb child pornography.
