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Cyber Pornography in India – S prouting of a Hydra’s head By Adv. Prashant Mali, Cyber Law & Cyber Security Expert, Author, Speaker Email : prashant.mali@cyberlawconsulting.com | Mobile : +919821763157 The etymology of pornography can be traced to graphos (writing or description) and porneia (prostitutes) and hence it means the description of the life, manners, etc. of prostitutes and their patrons. The first known use of the word to describe something similar to pornography as understood today was in eighteenth century, when the city of Pompeii was discovered. The entire city was full of erotic art and frescoes, symbols, inscriptions and artifacts that were regarded by its excavators as ‘pornographic’. One of the commonly accepted definitions of “pornography” in modern times defines it as sexually explicit material that is primarily designed to produce sexual arousal in viewers. In India, pornography is seen as an aggravated form of obscenity. In the India Amateur p...