Actress Files Complaint Against OTT Platform For Showing Obscene Content
Sapna Sapu who is an actor by profession and a single parent to a five-year-old son, has reportedly approached the Bombay High Court seeking to block an OTT platform alleging it shows pornographic content.
Sapna
Sapu
who
is
an
actor
by
profession
and
a
single
parent
to
a
five-year-old
son,
has
reportedly
approached
the
Bombay
High
Court
seeking
to
block
an
OTT
platform
alleging
it
shows
pornographic
content.
According
to
reports,
Sapna
has
claimed
that
an
OTT
platform
by
the
name
Nuefliks
shows
nude
programmes,
because
of
which
her
son
is
getting
spoiled.
The
bench
comprising
of
Justice
AA
Sayed
and
Justice
Madhav
J
Jamdar,
heard
the
case
earlier
this
week.
The
court
said
that
the
petition
does
not
have
requisite
details
and
added
that
the
petitioner
should
consider
filing
for
public
interest
litigation,
as
the
direction
she
is
seeking
is
very
generic
in
nature.
Advocate
Ashok
Saraogi,
representing
Sapu,
argued
saying,
"Just
like
films
are
censored,
content
on
platforms
like
Nuefliks
should
be
censored." He
added
that
"there
are
100s
of
such
platforms
and
small
children
are
getting
affected
by
it."
Meanwhile,
advocate
Advait
Sethna,
appearing
for
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting,
said
that
the
Ministry
is
considering
issuing
guidelines
for
regulating
content
over
OTT
platforms.
Sethna
argued
that
the
petition
was
very
vague
and
urged
the
court
to
direct
the
petitioner
to
make
a
representation
before
the
ministry,
so
that
they
can
take
a
look
at
the
issue.
The
court
also
pointed
out
that
the
petition
did
not
mention
Nueflik's
respondent
and
the
case
cannot
be
heard
without
anyone
representing
the
app.
Advocate
Saraogi
revealed
to
the
court
that
he
could
not
reach
out
to
the
app's
owner
to
send
the
notice,
but
promised
to
implead
the
owner
of
the
app
in
the
case.
The
court
has
scheduled
a
hearing
in
the
case
after
three
weeks.