Katju supports Net filtering

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday got support from chairman of the Press Council of India Markandey Katju who said that he favoured filtering of offensive material on social networking sites as it could promote religious hatred.

The pictures and other contents show religious figures of certain communities in a highly offensive and even pornographic manner. Such material is bound to create religious hatred and lead to most undesirable consequences, Katju said in a statement.

Katjus comments come in the wake of the controversy triggered by Sibals comments about objectionable material on the Internet. He said that following the controversy he had

carefully examined the contents,pictorial and the rest on the Internet and had come across highly offensive material.