Uproar as India 'bans' porn sites
The porn sites were not available on most of the ISPs since Saturday night
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.
Earlier 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:
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.
Earlier 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: