Indian Government Bans 39 Porn Websites
Pornography is easily one of the most sorted topics on the Internet.
It has been credited to being one of the driving forces behind the
expansion of the World Wide Web. Reportedly over 12 % of the websites
online are porn websites and 25% of the search engine requests
Pornographic related.
Pornography has different legal standing in different countries.
While watching or distributing child pornography is illegal in India,
adult porn is not. In recent turn of events, the government of India has
imposed a ban on certain websites that allow users to share
pornographic content.
Department Of Telecom (DoT) has directed internet service providers
to block 39 websites. Most of theses websites are reportedly web forums
where users share images and links to downloadable content. A few sites
which are basically file hosts that store both pornographic and
non-pornographic content have also been banned.
According to report by Times Of India, the website that have been
blocked are hosted outside India and apparently come under 18 USC 2257
rule enforced by the US. As per the rule producers of pornographic
material are required to have records showing that the performers are
over 18 years of age at the time of video or photo shoot.
The directive issued bu DoT reads “It has been decided to immediately
block the access to the following URLs… you are accordingly directed to
immediately block the access to above URLs,”. However the department
has not specified reasons or laws behind which these websites have been
blocked.
When you try to access these websites, you will either get a blank
page or a message telling “this website has been blocked until further
notice either pursuant to court orders or on the directions issued by
the Department of Telecommunications”.
A senior DoT official told Times Of India that the department was
only following the orders issued by cyber security coordination
committee and therefore he could not discuss about the reasons behind
the block.
Some people might say this is going overboard, but in the end people
of India can only access media content that the government will allow
them to. TV watching experience is already being ruined by ridiculous
censorship, now it’s internet’s turn to get some belting.
Sunil Abraham, director of CIS said ” I have travelled to China and
Middle East and have seen that people access pornographic websites using
various web tools. In fact, by banning websites the governments have
made it more alluring or users to watch and access pornography”.
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