Hyderabad: Stringent Internet restrictions are in the offing in order to curb pornography in Telangana. Taking a cue from Netherland’s model Internet pornography curb, the government is now putting in place an army of the best IT experts for a defence mechanism.
As the Poonam Malakondaiah Committee on safety of women and children suggested that extensive transmission of child pornography and general pornography has caused an increase in sexual crimes, IT and panchayati raj minister K.T. Rama Rao on Saturday met Cyberabad police commissioner C.V. Anand and top ethical hackers in the state to plan the move.
The IT minister has given the nod to police and ethical hackers to launch a Hackathon on pornography as a brainstorming session, and the government will implement the restrictions based on the outcome.
The minister has said that the government has taken the matter very seriously, and all possible steps will be taken to do away with child pornography.
“We are planning to conduct a 36 to 48 hours Hackathon with more than 60 best IT experts and ethical hackers in the state to chalk out the plan.
According to the IT Act, child pornography will be completely banned, and many forms of general pornography will also be restricted,” said Mr. Anand.
As an extension to the restriction, Cyberabad police is also planning enforcement activities like arrest and charging with different sections of the IT Act against porn consumers.
“Apart from Internet porn, offline porn like selling porn content in the market will also be dealt with firmly,” said Mr. Anand.
If not curbed 100 per cent, more than 85 per cent of transmission of porn will be restricted in the state. Officials said that the state can enable different sections of the IT Act to deal with porn addicts.
IT experts and ethical hackers are chosen from the top IT multinational companies, and they will come up with the results after Hackathon in less than a month. Government officials and police have also decided to act quickly to curb the menace.
Mrs. Soumya Mishra, home secretary, also attended the meeting. The team will also conduct awareness programmes in this regard.
