Bengaluru, July 16 -- The Madras high court on Tuesday directed the Union government to come up with a "simplified, victim-friendly mechanism" for women to get their private images and videos, uploaded online without their consent, "removed" from digital platforms without compromising their identity.

Justice N Anand Venkatesh issued the direction while hearing a petition filed by a woman whose former partner allegedly recorded their private moments without her knowledge and circulated them online. The petitioner, an advocate, submitted that the content was widely shared on pornographic websites, messaging apps and social media platforms, causing her immense psychological trauma.

Expressing grave concern, justice Venkatesh asked central ...