Porn websites block in Bangladesh for 6 months: High Court

Block all pornographic websites

The High Court directed the government to block all porn websites and publication of all obscene materials from the electronic forms for the next six months.

The court also issued a rule against the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why porn websites and publication of obscene materials should not be declared illegal.

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 The HC bench of Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal came up with the order and rule following a writ petition filed by Law and Life Foundation seeking necessary order.

Bangladesh block pornography websites for 6 months

 Md Rasel Hossain of Chandpur and Khairul Hasan Sarkar of Mymensingh -- filed the writ petition with the High Court.

The standard additionally looked for clarification about why there will be no arrangement for joining the National Identity Card (NID) number in every single social medium.

 Including Facebook, for rating client's age and why orders ought not to be given to stop rewarding here and now web offers from cell phone organizations.

 The organization recently submitted the petition saying that a huge number of porn websites contain uncensored content and obscene materials which impair the moral and mental development of people, particularly the young generation.