Former CJI DY Chandrachud called for legislation to regulate online content, stressing the need to protect children and women from gender violence. He highlighted the easy availability of harmful material and urged for policy-level intervention.
Former Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, on Saturday, said he was hopeful that there would be some kind of regulation that would bring some content to the online content in the country.
Protecting the Younger Generation
Responding to a question about a report that mentioned 62 million men have almost visited “online rape academy’, the CJI said the country must safeguard children and the younger generation from harmful online material. “It’s very crucial that if we have to protect our young and if we have to protect women against the kind of gender violence that we see in society, if we have to protect the future of the nation, which the young generation is, there has to be legislation which brings some control on what the internet can show,” he said.
He highlighted concerns over the easy availability of online data and the exposure of minors to harmful content. “Data is so easily available, it is available virtually free, and the young are exposed to sexual violence, to pornography,” he said.
Call for Policy Intervention
The Chief Justice said it is time for intervention at the policy level to address the issue. “It’s time that we intervened as a nation. I am sure that legislators would think of it very seriously and do that for saving the future of our younger generation,” he emphasised.
He attended the 32nd Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Lecture. Former CJI Chandrachud also shared an insightful address on the rapid spread of digital content and its social consequences, particularly its impact on young minds and societal morality.
He underscored the urgency of a robust legal framework to regulate emerging harms in the digital space. (ANI)
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