Porn block in India: hundreds of sexual websites banned, internet outraged

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Source: The Independent

India appears to have banned porn, ordering internet companies to turn off access to adult websites, dating pages and pornographic blogs.

Internet users trying to access the pages over the weekend have found that they are unavailable, apparently following a request from the Indian government.

The bans also include adult dating sites and porn blogs, according to reports from people in India. A list of the banned sites includes Adult Friend Finder — a hugely-popular site to let people find sexual partners — and Fleshbot, a porn blog that writes about news as well as showing highly-explicit photos.

The ban includes 857 sites, according to local reports that cited telecoms companies. The full list has been posted online by the Centre for Internet & Society, in a document that many have pointed out is a hugely comprehensive list of many of the most popular porn sites.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/porn-block-in-india-hundreds-of-sexual-websites-banned-internet-outraged-10434499.html

[DetlefK]

1. India needs more porn, not less.

It needs an open discussion about sexuality and gender, not repression, ignorance and misogyny

[yeoman6987]

27. The person who did the research had fun I am sure

By the way, a ton of American sites did not make the cut so maybe they will find some porn after all.

[samsingh]

2. when is india going to enter the modern century?

1 step forward - 2 steps back

[Blue_Adept]

3. sounds like what some here wanted to do earlier this year

[PersonNumber503602]

18. Here, as in here on this website?

I've read a few LONG discussions about porn on this site, but I don't think I've seen anyone call for the outright ban of porn. I've seen people (whom I disagree with) talk about its evils and how it should be discouraged, but I don't recall reading anyone say it should be banned.

[Blue_Adept]

21. Yes, here

There were extensive discussions to be sure, and there were several that made it clear it should be banned outright because of it essentially being all about slave trade essentially.

[PersonNumber503602]

23. oh wow, I didn't see those posts.

[Blue_Adept]

24. There were so many topics and so many discussions...

in so many forums that a lot of things can get lost along the way. No biggie. It's not like it was the prevalent view, but there was a strong vein of it that felt insidious.

[packman]

4. Well, it could have been worse

They could have banned kitty pictures:

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[RKP5637]

5. Sooo backward. n/t

[Sunlei]

6. I'm sure all the other millions of porn sites will fill that 'pay to peek longer' void in an instant

Why doesn't the USA tax those millions and millions of American porn viewers a $1 a minute?

[hobbit709]

7. I understand that some of the temple carvings are quite graphic.

[jonno99]

8. What is wrong with India? Don't they know that the incidence of rape on campus

is known to decline when young men spend more time on DrunkDateHookups.com?

Oh - wait...

[cosmicone]

9. This is utterly stupid and the height of nanny state

I bet VPN and proxy sales will skyrocket now.

Those who previously had no interest in porn will now seek it out and India will have more porn viewers than ever before.

This same thing happened with stupid Gandhi's prohibition and stupid Nehru's bans on imported goods -- both habits became more popular and gave rise to organized crime and corruption.

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12. Heh

Those who previously had no interest in porn

They are probably busy walking their pet unicorns...

A guy on reddit had a good point:

Ban chewing tobacco... meh
Ban beef... meh
Ban the word "Bombay" from movies... meh
Ban porn... THIS IS SPARTA! WE WILL RESIST

[dembotoz]

10. Wow a comprehensive porn site directory???

Dude you could like sell that to every hormone drenched teen age boy on this planet.


And a lot of adults would buy it too for ahhhhh research

[Stonepounder]

11. What next? Banning sites of religions you don't agree with?

Oh, wait. Didn't I hear that was going to be a plank in the Republican Platform? Along with banning Planned Parenthood from haveing a web presence and passing a law that everyone had to have the NRA's web site as their home page?

[JCMach1]

13. Hindu Fundamentalism...

India has it...

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15. Thank Modiji

Yup. This is the RSS nation at this point... Hell, even West Bengal has a BJP component in the government now.

[Reter]

17. Well, you don't hear much about them

I'm sure I'll be corrected, but they don't kill like other fundies do.

[metalbot]

19. Consider yourself corrected

We don't see it, because it doesn't generally affect US interests. You might start by googling such terms as "hindu violence terrorism" and begin reading. It can be argued that India has more Hindu extremists than Muslim extremists, and they've absolutely been implicated in civilian targeted terrorism.

[Reter]

20. I knew I'd be corrected

I guess you learn something new every day. I guess the next thing I'll learn is that there's even Buddhist terrorist extremists.

[metalbot]

22. You'd be googling "buddhist terrorism"

...and be getting hits on Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

https://news.vice.com/article/meet-the-violent-buddhists-starting-riots-in-sri-lanka

Fundamentalism does bad things to people in every religion, especially when exacerbated by ethnic issues.

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25. My God yes. Tens of thousands killed in Myanmar and Sri Lanka by buddhist extremists (nt)

[JCMach1]

14. Prediction... booming sales for VPN services in India

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16. A friend of mine said...

"Thank you, Modiji, for publishing the most definitive list of porn sites ever. StrongVPN thanks you."

[rug]

26. I noticed you've been posting more lately.

[dembotoz]

28. always amusing when someone does something like this so teenage nerd boys learn the joys of evading

technological restraints.

immediate gratification for breaking the law......

india will be giant skinner box