New Delhi, April 29 -- The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to over-the-top streaming platforms, Netflix and Amazon Prime among them, as well as the Union government and some Big Tech firms over "obscene" content available online.

This was in response to a petition seeking its regulation that the court agreed to consider. "Yes, Mr Solicitor? Do something... something legislative," Justice B.R. Gavai told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. The latter seemed to share the petitioners' concerns, observing that some content "was so perverted that even two respectable men cannot sit together and watch". While some regulation is in place, Mehta added, more is under consideration.

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