The High Court yesterday directed the government to stop the spread of pornography contents by mobile phone content providers and in social media within seven days.
The bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal issued the order following a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh.
The court also asking the government to explain in four weeks why its inaction to stop such activities should not be declared illegal.
The chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and the secretary to the Information Ministry will have to take steps to comply with the directives.
Manzill Murshed, counsel for the petitioner, said these are punitive offences under the Pornography Act, 2012 and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act of 2006.
“More people are losing morality nowadays due to such trend. The authorities have not taken any effective steps to stop such illegal activities,” he said.
