857 Sites

Global players have found a unique way to dodge the ban and are now being watched on millions of smartphones and computers across the country without any fear.

Even as the government has said Internet Service Providers were free not to block any of the 857 websites suspected for pornographic content unless they were abusive of children, the industry body of the ISPs said on Wednesday that the directive was "vague and unimplementable".

After public outrage and accusations that it has defied an earlier order of the Supreme Court which refused recently to ban online porn, the government is reworking a decree that saw 857 sites being blocked for allegedly hosting porn. Among those impacted were dating, humour, and newspaper sites.

In a country where an alleged rapist (Asaram) appears in textbooks as a saint, along with some of India's most prominent philosophers and thinkers, the government's efforts to curtail basic freedoms, seem almost perverse.

After public outrage and accusations that it has defied an earlier order of the Supreme Court which refused recently to ban online porn, the government is reworking a decree that saw 857 sites being blocked for allegedly hosting porn. Among those that were impacted were dating, humour, and newspaper sites.

Government has banned 857 porn sites in India, even as a debate raged on social media over Internet censorship.

It appears that porn websites are being blocked based on a government order, and it would appear that the telecom operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been asked to block a whopping 857 porn sites, in what might be the largest blocking order ever, in India.

Several ISPs have reportedly confirmed that a list of 857 porn site URLs to block was sent on Friday.

Global players have found a unique way to dodge the ban and are now being watched on millions of smartphones and computers across the country without any fear.

Even as the government has said Internet Service Providers were free not to block any of the 857 websites suspected for pornographic content unless they were abusive of children, the industry body of the ISPs said on Wednesday that the directive was "vague and unimplementable".

After public outrage and accusations that it has defied an earlier order of the Supreme Court which refused recently to ban online porn, the government is reworking a decree that saw 857 sites being blocked for allegedly hosting porn. Among those impacted were dating, humour, and newspaper sites.

In a country where an alleged rapist (Asaram) appears in textbooks as a saint, along with some of India's most prominent philosophers and thinkers, the government's efforts to curtail basic freedoms, seem almost perverse.

After public outrage and accusations that it has defied an earlier order of the Supreme Court which refused recently to ban online porn, the government is reworking a decree that saw 857 sites being blocked for allegedly hosting porn. Among those that were impacted were dating, humour, and newspaper sites.

Government has banned 857 porn sites in India, even as a debate raged on social media over Internet censorship.

It appears that porn websites are being blocked based on a government order, and it would appear that the telecom operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been asked to block a whopping 857 porn sites, in what might be the largest blocking order ever, in India.

Several ISPs have reportedly confirmed that a list of 857 porn site URLs to block was sent on Friday.