The censorship from the government is mainly geared toward protecting religion and blocking lewdness from their media. Public displays of affection, such as kissing, hugging and hand holding is usually not put in the public eye, with Bollywood being an exception.
The Parliament in India passed the Information Technology Act in 2000 to protect the content of what is shown or accessed through their Internet.
"India's first cyber law makes punishable cyber crimes like hacking, damage to
computer source code, publishing of information which is obscene in the electronic
form, breach of confidentiality and privacy, and publication of digital signature
certificate false in certain particulars", says noted Supreme Court advocate Pavan
Duggal.
This act is mainly used towards online publications and records.
India's congress let's its people have freedom of expression, but so long as it does not threaten religion or contain anything inappropriate that is against their culture. They have an obscenity law to put ratings on many of their films and television shows.
India freedom is categorized as "partly free" by freedomhouse.org.
"India’s vibrant media scene is by far the freest in South Asia, although journalists, particularly those in rural areas and certain conflict-racked states, faced a number of challenges during 2009, including an increase in legal actions and occasional incidents of violence. The constitution provides for freedom of speech and expression, and while there are some legal limitations, these rights are generally upheld. The 1923 Official Secrets Act gives authorities the right to censor security-related articles and prosecute members of the press, but no such cases were reported during the year." (as stated by Freedom House)
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