Katju favours filtering of ‘offensive' Internet content
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday got support from Press Council chief, Justice Markandey Katju, who said that he favoured filtering of “offensive material” on social networking sites as it could promote religious hatred. “The pictures and other content show religious figures of certain communities in a highly offensive and even pornographic manner. Justice Katju said that following the controversy he had carefully examined the content, pictorial and the rest on the Internet and had come across highly offensive material. “The pictures I have seen not only hurt the religious sentiments of members of certain religious communities, but are also outrageous, inflammatory and egregious, and are bound to disturb peace and result in serious law and order problems.” He said that as per section 153A of the IPC, it is a criminal offence to promote, or attempt to promote disharmony, feelings of enmity or hatred or ill-will among different religious communities or groups, or do an act which is prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony among different religious groups or communities, and which is likely to disturb public tranquillity.
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