Indian court wants controls for video-streaming services due to religious beliefs
Dominated by Netflix and Amazon in the country, a judge said the services ‘also show pornography’
04 March 2021 - 12:53
New Delhi — India’s top court has said it favours a screening mechanism for online video-streaming services, dominated in the country by Amazon and Netflix and which are aired freely.
The US streaming platforms have faced complaints from lawmakers belonging to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party and others that some of the shows promote obscenity or offend religious beliefs...
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