Quote:On Oct. 27, the Indian government’s telecom department told internet service providers (ISPs) to ban 827 websites for hosting pornographic content.
This is at least the second attempt in recent times by India, among the most prolific consumers of porn, to shut it out. In August 2015, following a supreme court verdict, the government had unsuccessfully tried to block some 857 websites on the grounds that such content promotes sexual ssault.
This time, the high court of the northern state of Uttarakhand has reinstated the supreme court’s ban after a rape accused in the state’s capital Dehradun said he was nudged into committing the crime after watching a porn movie.
