Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned of the government to remove the obscene content and films from the OTT (over-the-top) platforms across the country in seven days.
The court also asked Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to submit a report before it within a month on how the government used collect revenue from the OTT platforms. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after holding hearing on a writ
petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Tanveer Ahmed seeking necessary directives to this effect.
He submitted the petition on July 12 this year as a public interest litigation saying that several OTT platforms contain Bangladeshi and Indian obscene and questionable content and films, causing moral degradation, particularly among adolescents and youths.
The lawyer in the petition prayed to the HC to deliver order on the authorities concerned of the government to remove the obscene content and films from the OTT platforms.
Earlier the lawyer on June 14 this year sent a legal notice to the concerned bodies of the government for removing the pornographic contents from the web-based media service platforms which were contrary to the indigenous culture and social values of the country.
As per the published reports, crime thriller series ‘August 14’ was released in the web-based media service platforms on May 27 this year and another series ‘Boomerang’ was released after the Eid-ul Fitr. Both the series performed by the regular artists of the televisions contain pornographic contents and enlarged a widespread criticism.
The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned of the government to remove the obscene content and films from the OTT (over-the-top) platforms across the country in seven days.
The court also asked Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to submit a report before it within a month on how the government used collect revenue from the OTT platforms. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after holding hearing on a writ
petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Tanveer Ahmed seeking necessary directives to this effect.
He submitted the petition on July 12 this year as a public interest litigation saying that several OTT platforms contain Bangladeshi and Indian obscene and questionable content and films, causing moral degradation, particularly among adolescents and youths.
The lawyer in the petition prayed to the HC to deliver order on the authorities concerned of the government to remove the obscene content and films from the OTT platforms.
Earlier the lawyer on June 14 this year sent a legal notice to the concerned bodies of the government for removing the pornographic contents from the web-based media service platforms which were contrary to the indigenous culture and social values of the country.
As per the published reports, crime thriller series ‘August 14’ was released in the web-based media service platforms on May 27 this year and another series ‘Boomerang’ was released after the Eid-ul Fitr. Both the series performed by the regular artists of the televisions contain pornographic contents and enlarged a widespread criticism.
