A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih sought responses from X Corp, Netflix, Amazon, Ullu Digital, ALTBalaji, MUBI, Google, Apple and Meta

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea seeking regulation of sexually explicit OTT and social media content.

The court was hearing a petition seeking the formation of a National Content Control Authority to frame guidelines to curb obscenity on online platforms.

NEW DELHI, Apr 28: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking a direction to take appropriate steps to prohibit streaming of sexually explicit content on OTT and social media platforms. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih said the petition raises an […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Center and several major OTT platforms on showcasing content with obscenity both on OTT and

Unease between the Supreme Court and government was evident, again, on Monday afternoon as part of the continuing fallout of the judiciary's landmark April 8 verdict - on setting governors and the President a specific timeline to clear bills.

Supreme Court seeks government response on plea to ban sexually explicit content on OTT and social media platforms.

The SC notice, which covers a wide array of prominent digital platforms, signals a heightened scrutiny of the type of content being made available online.