New Delhi: Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan on Sunday said there was an urgent need to ban websites that circ u l at e pornography and hate speeches and emphasized the need for cyber law enforcement.
“The government can place bans on websites that exclusively circulate pornography and hate speeches. However, it would not be right to place a blanket ban on all categories of websites. It is also important to distinguish between intermediaries such as Network Service Providers, website operators and individual users for the purpose of placing liability for wrongful acts,” the chief justice said.
Websites are created and updated for many useful purposes, but they can also be used to circulate offensive content such as pornography, hate speech and defamatory materials. In many cases, the intellectual property rights of authors and artists are violated through the unauthorized circulation of their works.
“There has also been an upsurge in instances of financial fraud and cheating in relation to commercial transactions conducted online,” the CJI emphasized at a Cyber Law Enforcement Programme and National Consultation meeting here. PTI
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