Amid the controversy over imposing ban on pornographic websites, the government on Monday told the Supreme Court that while it was committed to block child porn, it was facing technical difficulties imposing ban across all pornographic websites.
Addressing the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the court that the state cannot be present in every household to check what people were watching in private and interfere with their entertainment.
Telling the court that there has to be some self regulation to check the viewing of porn websites, the AG told the court that the state could not be totalitarian.
The government further said that citizens must exercise self regulation in dealing with porn websites and make use of tools like child locks in computers.
The apex court was, however, assured by the government that websites hosting child porn were being blocked.
During the hearing in the Supreme Court, the government said that citizens also should give suggestions on blocking pornographic content on government websites.
The AG said this to the court in the course of the hearing of a petition seeking a total clampdown on websites showing pornography.
This comes after the Union Telecom Ministry ordered internet service providers to block access to 857 websites hosting pornographic content. Later the ministry had to revoke the order, restricting it to only sites which host child pornography.
(With IANS Inputs)
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