Have most porn sites just been blocked in India?

[jkultimate]

People across country protest over Porn Ban, accuse Modi of snatching away even achhi raatein

Haha awesome

The government are not doing it for moral obligations, they are doing it to save bandwidth for the isps. No hindutva reason, its pure and simple economics.

F*ck the govrnmnt, we've got torrents. To protest against the ban am now downloading my fav hehe

 

[Piyush]

 

[Karma]

I appreciate this move , Educate the children instead on the Anatomy of male, female body and endocrine system on Hormones .People at early stage get into the addiction of porn and getting their moral values killed. Unfettered freedom for anything will destroy our good social values and culture

 

[ZTR]

Top tip:Opera Turbo is allowing everything so use that to browse p0rn sites

 

[Faun]

I appreciate this move , Educate the children instead on the Anatomy of male, female body and endocrine system on Hormones .People at early stage get into the addiction of porn and getting their moral values killed. Unfettered freedom for anything will destroy our good social values and culture

Therein lies the naivety. It's not much about the ban on porn but it's about the moral policing and banning anything that this Government may deem against the so called values. We don't want middle east policies here.

Who defines what's a culture is ? Is it something stuck in time or something that should evolve with time ? If it's stuck in time then it better be buried in past. Why not bring up Khajuraho and Kamasutra ? Is that not the part of our culture ? Why limit our culture to past 200 years ?

We have moral depravity rampant. Go to any village and see for yourself how much women are valued. I assure you that it's not the porn that caused that. Its roots lie well beyond the times before we had any access to porn.

 

[GhorMaanas]

usual gossip-mongering everywhere without being much aware of the issue and the background...

- There was a PIL lodged in the Hon'ble Supreme Court against so-called 'revenge porn'. Some girls have been complaining that their videos were uploaded by ex-boyfriends and husbands, and a petitioner lodged a PIL against it.
- SC (Justice Dattu) said that porn cannot be banned, it would violate right of personal liberty (all this was from last as well as present year i think), though seeking blocking of sites by the govt. of esp. those hosting child-p0rnography content.
- The government banned all websites which had complaints of hosting 'revenge porn'. There are nearly 857 or slightly more such web sites (in the list). All other porn web sites functioning normally.
- Some of the most popular porn websites fell within the ban-ambit, because the sheer popularity of these websites ensures that there will be some or the other 'revenge porn' video on these.

ofcourse as usual the babus have messed it up again. they have no idea that such things just cannot be 'banned', no matter what you do. however, there is no 'general porn-ban'. it is just that list of 857 websites which was banned. but most probably the tomfoolery won't endure, like the last time.

 

[Alok]

Oh I thought my internet have some problem or website is down. There was a blank page . Turning on vpn :

 

[tkin]

usual gossip-mongering everywhere without being much aware of the issue and the background...

- There was a PIL lodged in the Hon'ble Supreme Court against so-called 'revenge porn'. Some girls have been complaining that their videos were uploaded by ex-boyfriends and husbands, and a petitioner lodged a PIL against it.
- SC (Justice Dattu) said that porn cannot be banned, it would violate right of personal liberty (all this was from last as well as present year i think), though seeking blocking of sites by the govt. of esp. those hosting child-p0rnography content.
- The government banned all websites which had complaints of hosting 'revenge porn'. There are nearly 857 or slightly more such web sites (in the list). All other porn web sites functioning normally.
- Some of the most popular porn websites fell within the ban-ambit, because the sheer popularity of these websites ensures that there will be some or the other 'revenge porn' video on these.

ofcourse as usual the babus have messed it up again. they have no idea that such things just cannot be 'banned', no matter what you do. however, there is no 'general porn-ban'. it is just that list of 857 websites which was banned. but most probably the tomfoolery won't endure, like the last time.

Revenge porn, at least by Indians are spread using whatsapp the most. Guess that's going out next.

And the interesting thing is, the different rape cases that had headlined the newspapers for the past few years were caused by lower income people. They do not view internet porn. Spending 1k+ per month on mobile bill is not possible for them. If they watch porn they either buy those 50/- street printed mags or dvds sold by every street vendor across India.

Before internet came there was a booming porn Industry in the south india, just search for reshma, an article came a few months back.

Porn block is not critical, but I am sure within the next 10 years India will become like China. They will block everything that does not conform to their agenda. 9gag was blocked because of the countless anti political memes. Sooner or later whatsapp will be blocked in the name of national security.

 

[GhorMaanas]

Revenge porn, at least by Indians are spread using whatsapp the most. Guess that's going out next.

And the interesting thing is, the different rape cases that had headlined the newspapers for the past few years were caused by lower income people. They do not view internet porn. Spending 1k+ per month on mobile bill is not possible for them. If they watch porn they either buy those 50/- street printed mags or dvds sold by every street vendor across India.

Before internet came there was a booming porn Industry in the south india, just search for reshma, an article came a few months back.

Porn block is not critical, but I am sure within the next 10 years India will become like China. They will block everything that does not conform to their agenda. 9gag was blocked because of the countless anti political memes. Sooner or later whatsapp will be blocked in the name of national security.

don't get disheartened. more than any 'agenda', it was the nudging by the SC in early July to the govt. that has prompted such an action, which got executed in the typical babu-style.
don't know about 9gag or such, but redditIndia is still functioning inspite of the buffoonery its been engaged in, particularly on the SM (though can't comment on its future ).

 

[tkin]

don't get disheartened. more than any 'agenda', it was the nudging by the SC in early July to the govt. that has prompted such an action, which got executed in the typical babu-style.
don't know about 9gag or such, but redditIndia is still functioning inspite of the buffoonery its been engaged in, particularly on the SM (though can't comment on its future ).

The SC should stick to the decisions that matter. What is the average time it takes for the SC to give verdict for a case? Maybe they should increase their efficiency in that department and stop going after these trivial stuff.

I wonder how long Salman's case will spend in the SC? I bet 20 years or till he dies, which ever is older. The entire justice system of India is a comedy show.

 

[Anorion]

it's not about the availability of porn, or the need to access it
I would think of it as, not needing to see it, especially because bollywood has so much clothed porn to offer.

not being judgemental about the consumption here, more about the production constraints... a lot of that stuff is just really bad, unnatural, exploitative, disrespectful and unrealistic
I would venture a guess that youtube videos and text can serve the purpose, if there is any imagination left

in any case, at least happy that 1) people in India stream stuff, 2) mtnl can impose a ban that does not depend on dns blocking and 3) There are no conspiracy theorists saying this is a move by the DVD mafia. This is progress IMO.

In any case, if you do happen to watch porn through tor/proxy/opera turbo, be sure to read a verse of the Bhagvad Gita afterwards

 

[GhorMaanas]

it's not about the availability of porn, or the need to access it
I would think of it as, not needing to see it, especially because bollywood has so much clothed porn to offer.

not being judgemental about the consumption here, more about the production constraints... a lot of that stuff is just really bad, unnatural, exploitative, disrespectful and unrealistic
I would venture a guess that youtube videos and text can serve the purpose, if there is any imagination left

in any case, at least happy that 1) people in India stream stuff, 2) mtnl can impose a ban that does not depend on dns blocking and 3) There are no conspiracy theorists saying this is a move by the DVD mafia. This is progress IMO.

In any case, if you do happen to watch porn through tor/proxy/opera turbo, be sure to read a verse of the Bhagvad Gita afterwards

practically/sensibly-thought & written, i must say!

 

[snap]

Just ban everything that offends anyone why stop at porn :\ godamn kulcha

 

[Faun]

In any case, if you do happen to watch porn through tor/proxy/opera turbo, be sure to read a verse of the Bhagvad Gita afterwards

lol

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don't get disheartened. more than any 'agenda', it was the nudging by the SC in early July to the govt. that has prompted such an action, which got executed in the typical babu-style.
don't know about 9gag or such, but redditIndia is still functioning inspite of the buffoonery its been engaged in, particularly on the SM (though can't comment on its future ).

redditindia is like all teenage kids venting out at the top of their lungs.

 

[amit.tiger12]

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[jkultimate]

^^ Sites that banned..?

 

[Makx]

On BSNL the banned websites sometimes say “Your requested URL has been blocked as per the directions received from Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. Please contact administrator for more information.” and sometimes just open

 

[amit.tiger12]

^^ Sites that banned..?

yep...

 

[ariftwister]

on what earth 9gag tv is porn!??

 

[amit.tiger12]

^ they banned torrent sites too and some videoblogs