The porn sites are not available on most of the ISPs since Saturday night.
A notice saying "this site has been blocked as per the instructions of competent authority” surprised many Indians as they failed to access pornographic sites on their servers today.
The error is being viewed as the possible imposition of a ban by the Indian government. According to a report in Hindustan Times, porn sites were not available on most of the internet service providers (ISPs) including Vodafone, MTNL, ACT, Hathway and BSNL since Saturday night.
PHOTO: INDIATIMESEarlier in July, the Chief Justice of India HL Dattu and the Supreme Court guaranteed Indians a right to personal liberty which allows them to watch pornography in private.
But the recent step by authorities has sparked outrage on social media. Indians mocked the government when they ended up with a blank page while searching for popular porn sites. #Pornban started trending on Twitter as twitteratis raised questions about the blocked websites.
Here are few of the reactions:
Someone must remind the current government that they were elected to run the nation not become moral science teacher #pornban
— Agnivo Niyogi (অগ্নিভ নিয়োগী) (@Aagan86) August 1, 2015
What are the MPs going to watch under their tables during assembly meetings? Bigg Boss? #PornBan
— Kiran V (@kiranv3091) August 1, 2015
@chhabs waiting for the mandir attendances to be made compulsory now :-) practicing that at home.
— Sunit Kumar Madhur (@SunitKMadhur) August 2, 2015
First they banned maggi and now porn sites. They have worsen the life of engineers now. #PornBan
— Pun-Dit (@Chauthaidiot) August 2, 2015
In a country where the Prime Minister and apparent Leader of Opposition are bachelors, Porn is banned. Unfair.. I say unfair. #PornBan
— Tinu Cherian Abraham (@tinucherian) August 2, 2015
Indian guys after they heard about #PornBan pic.twitter.com/yfkdIQh0U4
— Champ McStark (@BolshoyBooze) August 1, 2015
People reacting to #PornBan pic.twitter.com/at4ArnPw8l
— Meowshi (@zoowaker) August 1, 2015
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