SC notice to Centre on PIL seeking ban on ‘obscene’ content on OTT platform

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and others on a petition seeking a ban on sexually explicit content on over-the-top (OTT) and social media platforms even as it said it’s for the legislature or the executive to take measures to deal with the issue.

Noting that “present petition raises an important concern with regard to the display of various objectionable, obscene and indecent contents on OTT platforms and social media”, a Bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih also issued notice to X Corp, Netflix, Amazon, Ullu Digital, ALTBalaji, MUBI, Google, Apple and Meta on a petition filed by Uday Mahurkar and four others.