NEW DELHI: Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal on Monday courted controversy saying that while the internet was a great medium, most children were watching pornography on it and that it was being used to spread “disaffection” among people.

“What kids see on the internet is mostly pornography and that is dangerous. The internet is being used as a platform for misinformation, selling spurious drugs and for terrorist activities. It is a great medium but being misused to bring about disaffection among people,” Sibal said.

The minister was speaking on ‘The Future of the University’ at the India Cambridge summit.

He said that the internet was an unlimited highway and that the government was against setting limits on it.

The Congress leader also spoke about using technology to establish a National Knowledge Network that would connect 35,000 colleges with each other, which would help knowledge sharing and collaborations.