The ‘Save Culture Save Bharat’ foundation, headed by former Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar on June 18 called for an immediate ban on X (formerly Twitter) and Netflix for distributing what it described as pornographic and sexually explicit content which the foundation said was “unlawful and threatens to destroy India’s cultural heritage.
Mr. Mahurkar submitted a formal complaint to the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking them to ban the two platforms for violating the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act, 2012 and other relevant laws because of alleged sexual streaming. explicit content and aims to “make India the first sexually content-free country in the world.”
Mr. Mahurkar and his foundation raised concerns during a press conference on Tuesday about the psychological impact of sexual content stating that there is a link between pornography consumption and increased sexual violence such as rape. He cited recent examples of violence in India including a school principal who allegedly molested a minor after watching porn.
The foundation also suggested that the proposed Digital India Bill should include a provision of direct ban on dissemination and streaming of sexual content by online platforms and asked any platform that fails to control sexual or pornographic content on its platform to be banned immediately. The draft bill has not been released for public consultation.
Mr Mahurkar, a former journalist who is considered close to Mr Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP also wants the government to introduce a “code of conduct law” to deal with “sexually deviant content” above. platform (OTT).
In a press conference held at the Press Club of India, Mr. Mahurkar demanded that online platforms and creators who violate the “code” should be treated as rapists with a sentence of between 10 and 20 years, no bail for three years and a “summary trial.” ” in four months.
The dossier collected by the foundation includes samples of pornographic content from more than 50 different X users taken from the official X application and more than 100 films and web series on Netflix that feature scenes showing sexual or sexual activity.
A former Deputy Senior Editor with India Todaywho considers himself a follower of controversial right-wing figure VD Savarkar and wrote a book on the Modi government titled ‘Marching with a Billion’, Mr Mahurkar also said during a press conference that access to such sexual content should be regulated through “Aadhaar. number or fingerprint fingers or both.”
Another supporter of the ‘Save Culture Save Bharat’ foundation, Supreme Court Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain who represented the Hindu side in the Ayodhya Ram temple dispute in the Supreme Court stated in a press release on Tuesday that, “X and Netflix stand completely for complete failure and neglect Indian laws and regulations aimed at protecting society from sexual exploitation and abuse. They have gone beyond just violating laws like POCSO Act, (Information Technology) Act and (The Indian Penal Code) – their business model is completely unethical with moral and cultural structure. our nation.
Another supporter of the foundation highlighted the main differences between Indian culture and Western culture in their argument for banning sexual or pornographic content online.
“The first is the economic, political subjugation of our people and civilization by invading forces. Now the mental, cultural and sexual neo-imperialism – it is beneficial to spread the poisonous Western ‘values’ of promiscuity, obscenity and depravity that are diametrically opposed to the ancient Dharmic ideals of social and ethical purity,” said Ashwani Mahaja, co-convenor. of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, a social movement under the umbrella of the RSS.
