"It is the world's first statistical pornographical filter," Anil Chandra K, Manager of Drishti Systems said. "No other product has ever been able to achieve such sort of process and such level of accuracy that we have achieved so far."
The Optima N-10 software, which took two-and-a-half years to develop, can regulate net content on as many as 200 Internet-enabled computers and costs approximately $1,600. The company says the software can benefit educational institutions, corporations, government agencies and Internet service providers.
Although pornography is banned in India, the state has no resources to monitor adult content on the Internet. ISPs have been advised to block obscene websites, but with an estimated 40 million Internet users and projected PC sales of more than 6.5 million in the last year, Internet enforcement is difficult.
Drishti also plans a "porn-filtered broadcast service," according to Chandra K. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry in India recently banned two satellite TV channels for three months for showing adult content outside the late hours sanctioned for classified adult-oriented programming.