An order to block 827 porn websites has been given to all the internet service providers (ISP) by the government of India. This order was passed after Uttarakhand High Court asked the government to block 857 websites having adult content. But Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) found that out of these 857, there are 30 websites that do not have any porn content. MeitY received the court’s order on October 8 while it was issued by Uttarakhand HC on September 27.

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The Department of Telecommunications instructed all the ISPs to take steps immediately for blocking 827 websites as directed by MeitY and Uttarakhand HC. Reliance Jio has already followed the order and blocked the popular adult websites while other telecom operators such as Airtel, Vodafone, etc. will also be doing the same.

Many Jio users have said that they are not able to access the adult websites that they used to access earlier while some are saying that only popular websites have been blocked and several less popular websites are still available online.

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However, people at large are not happy with this decision as they feel that what they should watch and what not should be their choice and not anybody else’s. Some social media users have advised that for accessing adult websites, people should use a VPN (virtual private network) as the ban is at ISP and local level only.

Twitter is flooded with hilarious reactions over this ban. Here are some of the selected tweets:

Starting Unlimited data
Then 1.5 gb/day
Gay sex is legal
Extramarital affairs is legal
Now #pornban #indiapornban#hilanaband

— Nayan sharma (@nayansharma1996) October 25, 2018

#pornban isn’t the solution. Education is. Sexual assault and rapes aren’t the result of porn but of misogynistic mindsets.

— Debjit Adak (@debjitadak) October 25, 2018

#India is slowing converting as #northKorea under #bjp first they banned #beef and know they are banning #porn…and later they will ban #freedom #democracy #secularism #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfExpression .#pornban

— Sujji (@Im_SUJJI) October 25, 2018

they banned porn sites like xvids and pornhub again? 😂😂#Pornban

— DEƎP ⟁ (@ShadyToTheBone) October 23, 2018

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Hey dude how do you react to #Pornban @RahulGandhi ? Which one will you miss a lot ?

— Tigrrr (@insanetiger) October 26, 2018

How is #pornban going to help reduce rape? On the contrary, ppl who use d internet to suppress severe sexual urges would B more likey to rape. Der is also a great probability to #traffick more #victims into #prostitution to #satiate this need. Curbing one evil gives rise to more.

— Annie Cardoz (@AnnieCardoz) October 26, 2018

*Silent clap* for people who think #pornban is goin to help India. We still have people begging for internet sex at women in social platforms & probably the people who used to watch porn wud shareit frm someone who has downloaded😂
Educate people to behave dont put em in a cage.

— Kiran (@Kiran83414250) October 25, 2018

First they decide what we should eat. Now they decide what we should watch#pornban

— Kiran (@Kiran83414250) October 25, 2018

I am a Single with Jio Sim without UC Browser .. Will Society Accept me ? #PornBan

— Rishi Shakya (@Lucknowie) October 26, 2018

Hey @TRAI please Ban #ucbrowser, otherwise sexual assaults won’t stop. #pornban #india #porn

— Stark (@djstarkk) October 24, 2018

Central Govt bans porn sites. Just wondering if the #KissOfLove Participants will take part in a “SIMILAR” Activity as a sign of Protest? 🙄🤔 #PornBan

— Siju Moothedath (@SijuMoothedath) October 25, 2018

What should guys like us who can’t get a girlfriend do to satisfy oru sexual desires ?
-thenationwantstoknow #pornban

— KarThik (@Karthik_tig3) October 26, 2018

Not cool @reliancejio
Bait us with free internet and then take away the reason we got the free SIMs for, in the first place.
Not cool at all. #pornban

— shaurya chhabra (@shauryachhabra) October 25, 2018

#PornBanned going very big issues in india 🇮🇳

why so? #Musically exists 😄🤷🏻‍♂️. #JioBannedPorn #India #PornBan pic.twitter.com/90pjMPaPtS

— Saнιn parvaιZ™ (@iamsahin_) October 25, 2018

#PornBanned going very big issues in india 🇮🇳

why so? #Musically exists 😄🤷🏻‍♂️. #JioBannedPorn #India #PornBan pic.twitter.com/90pjMPaPtS

— Saнιn parvaιZ™ (@iamsahin_) October 25, 2018

#Pornban
Best decision by government so far

Sorry if anyone gets offended with this

😂😂👍👌

— SÁBÄ❤ KHÃÑ❤ (@Khan___Saba) October 24, 2018

Indian Govt. –
Let’s ban Porn , and make the Telecom providers compulsory to do it .

Meanwhile –
**Downloading VPN has shockingly increased in INDIA**

Just a coincidence#VPN #PornBan

— DEEP MAJUMDAR 🐍 (@DrGKHK) October 26, 2018

I remember Patanjali launching noodles after maggi got banned. Now that porn sites are banned, eagerly looking for some Suddh Desi alternative from Ramdev Baba soon. #Pornban

— Pyasaram Bapu (@BapuPyasaram) October 25, 2018

Do you think it is really a good idea to ban porn to reduce rape in India ?? Comment your views !!