Internet Control

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.

Issuing a slew of directives to implement the ban, a division bench comprising acting chief justice Rajiv Sharma and justice Manoj Tiwari said, “Unlimited access to these pornographic sites is required to be blocked/curbed to avoid an adverse influence on the impressionable minds of children.”

According to news reports, the four students had told the police during investigation that they had watched pornography on the Internet before allegedly raping the girl who is a student of Class 10. The court directed Internet service providers to strictly obey a notification issued by the Centre three years ago for a ban on porn sites.