New Delhi, February 18,2025: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider regulating obscene content on YouTube and other social media and said it would not leave a vacuum and barren area the way it is being misused by so-called YouTube channels.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, to ask the Attorney General and Solicitor General for assistance in the court.The bench said, “We should not overlook the importance and sensitivity of the issue.”
Justice Kant told Bhati, “Please request the Attorney General and the Solicitor General to be here on the next date of hearing.”
The top court’s remarks came in the wake of inappropriate comments by YouTuber and Podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia during his guest appearance on the show India’s Got Latent.
SC asks Centre to consider regulating ‘obscene content’ on YouTube and other social media
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