Unless you have been living under a rock (and it better be a gigantic one) you couldn't have missed the cries of help from people whose beloved porn has been taken away. Over 800 porn websites sites are currently inaccessible in India through various internet service providers (ISPs). Various MTNL, BSNL and ACT ISP users are crying foul looking at the blank pages flashing the message: "The site has been blocked as per the instructions of Competent Authority." We feel you. With less than a fortnight to go for Independence Day, Indians are facing a severe shortage of adult sites. Many adult websites were reported on Saturday to be inaccessible by internet users throughout the country. Why the mind-f*ck, GoI? The nation wants to know! Source: Mirror

Has India banned porn?

In July, the Supreme Court (SC) had refused to block pornographic websites. From what we recollect, Chief Justice of India HL Dattu and SC observed last month that it could not stop adults from exercising their right to personal liberty by watching pornography in private. SC had even said that stopping people from watching such sites within their homes could amount to violation of right to personal liberty.

According to Legally India, ISPs received a notice from the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) two days ago on July 31, ordering the blocking of 857 websites, many of which appeared to host pornography, according to an authoritative source at an ISP.

“It's a list of 857 URLs. Most of the sites [on the list] are pornographic. I would say 100% of the sites,” a senior manager of an ISP, who did not want to be named, told Legally India. The source declined to share a copy of the blocking order at the time of publication so one can't really confirm whether all sites on the list hosted pornographic content.

Source: Tribune

Your right to fap is forbidden!

The government has sent a notice to internet service providers to block more than 850 porn websites. The order was sent late on Friday and service providers have already started blocking popular porn sites like Pornhub and Brazzers, reported Economic Times.

According to Scroll India, the messages mostly appeared for subscribers to Mahanagar Telephone Limited, Bharatiya Sanchar Nigam Limited, Vodafone and ACT. However, those using Airtel, Tikona and a few other cable networks experienced no such problems.

Remember when Govt of India launched CMS NETRA which violated user privacy? The Defence Ministry's internet spy system? Well, no one batted an eyelid. But the moment someone touched the sacred porn sites... This is Sparta! Any attempt at a #PornBan in a country where a full-blown porn star has got effortlessly mainstreamed is hilarious. Even Twitter agrees.

Source: The Sun