Indian Government has banned 857 porn sites

Indian government has official announced that, it has banned 857 porn sites, dating pages and pornographic blogs.

According to the source from DoT, “Certain websites have been reviewed and found to be spreading anti-social activities as hyperlinks from these websites, some of them were pornographic, so we have sent letters to internet service providers to block them. The action has been taken in reference to section 79 of IT Act”

These sites are been banned by government ,but still users can view the sites using virtual private networks (VPN)

India comes second in internet usage comparing to the world and India currently ranked #5 in watching online porn, with USA ranking at #1

According to PornHub, India was its fourth largest source of traffic in 2014, after US, UK and Canada.

Hash tags created on Twitter for #PornBan

25% of all porn visitors originating from India are women, whereas globally, 23% of visitors are women. — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 3, 2015

PM @narendramodi, please stop banning things. India is the largest democracy, please respect it. Many friends of mine are sad for #PornBan . — Suvie Ritu Chandra (@SuvalagnaC) August 3, 2015

 

By banning Maggi and #PornBan, @narendramodi government is showing that they are against anything which gives you pleasure in two minutes 😛

— Shaan Haider (@shaanhaider) August 3, 2015

#Pornban is a step by govt to increase computer literacy .People would now learn the use of VPN, proxies, file sharing technologies etc

— oldschoolmonk (@oldschoolmonk) August 3, 2015

Hash tags created on Reddit for #PornBan

“Gonna change my subscription to the cheapest plan if this continues,” wrote user yes_darling on Reddit.

“The land of kama surtra bans porn,” wrote user GuitarMaasacre on Reddit.

Click here to view the list of websites banned