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Search engines agree to block sex test ads

Last Updated 13 April 2017, 19:57 IST

Search engines Google and Yahoo and software major Microsoft on Thursday told the Supreme Court that they were bound to block advertisements on sex determination tests.

With their submission, the court noted that nobody could henceforth complain of curtailment of right to information and knowledge.

Senior advocates Harish Salve, Abhishek M Singhvi and Anupam Lal Das, representing the tech firms, submitted before a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra that they neither indulged in any kind of advertisement as contemplated under Section 22 of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, nor did they have the intention to cause violation of the mandate.

They also assured the court that they would not sponsor any advertisement. Their response came after advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for petitioner Sabu Mathew George, contended that if search engines could block child pornography, they should be prompt to restrict sponsored advertisements on sex determinations tests.

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(Published 13 April 2017, 19:57 IST)

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