“This site has been blocked as per the instructions of competent authority”-
This notice is popped up when any one would try to access adult websites.
On weekend, Indians were shock and in dismay when they found out that porn sites were unable to access. Soon this topic was a hot potato on Internet.
According to media reports, Internet Service providers were notified to block more than 800-900 pornographic sites. Still government has not officially declared on porn but many are suspecting to have overall ban as authorities have sneakily brought down these websites.
This action is in the wake of dissemination of anti-social activities which were basically from these porn sites.As per instructions from court, full-fledged reviewing of such sites is done by communication ministry.
Many users and celebs took to twitter to voice their opinions on the same. Many vented out their outrage on Reddit India. A thread on “ Are porn sites getting blocked?” were jump started on Reddit and hashtag #PornBan was among the trending hashtags on other social media sites.Many alleged the ruling party and their conservative mindsets has led to this action.
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma against Ban on Porn in India.
Read his and several other celebs’ tweets below.
To deprive consenting adults of the harmless fun they ar having of watching porn is equivalent of what Taliban nd Isis is doing to freedom
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 1, 2015
Hello India, get set for rise in sex crimes, hidden cams in trial rooms, washroom, hotels, circulation of such videos on whatsapp #pornban
— Dipti Nagpaul (@waywardandwise) August 3, 2015
Did the government of India slyly ban porn sites? http://t.co/yDd2fSSXAn via @dna
— Milind Deora मिलिंद देवरा (@milinddeora) August 2, 2015
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
Ban homosexuality. Ban porn. Ban certain words in movies. Ban alcohol. Ban beef. Ban everything not in our culture. Hello dark age!
— vivek tejuja 🌈 (@vivekisms) August 1, 2015
The questions many people have raised that- Can India ban porn completely? According to the statistics provided by one of the famous porn sites declared that Indians are among the most “prolific consumers”.
What are your views? Is it brazen attack on freedom or it is an important step to curb abusive, child pornography and revenge porn as touted by officials?
News Source: Hindustan Times and Huffington Post.
