India proposal seeks three laws against 'obscene' online content

Former Central Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar has written to PM Narendra Modi proposing three laws: a ban on pornography for minors, a requirement for ISPs to block obscene content using AI, and a ten-year jail term under the 1986 Indecent Representation of Women Act. Experts say AI-based ISP-level filtering is unworkable without breaking encryption or violating the 'actual knowledge' standard under Section 79 of the IT Act.

• Mahurkar proposed three laws, including AI-based ISP content blocking
• Penalty under the 1986 Act would rise to 10 years with no bail
• Experts: ISPs cannot moderate encrypted traffic they cannot see
• Solicitor General said rules will bar social media accounts under 18