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India lifts porn ban after widespread outrage
Source: BBC
India lifts porn ban after widespread outrage
6 hours ago India
India will restore free access to 857 pornographic websites, following widespread outrage over the move.
The department of telecom told internet service providers not to disable URLs that "do not have child pornographic content", the PTI agency reported.
The government denied charges of moral policing, saying it wanted to prevent children from accessing the sites.
In July, the Supreme Court criticised the government's inability to block sites featuring child pornography.
Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad met senior officials on Tuesday to review the ban and decided that internet service providers (ISPs) would be immediately asked not to block those sites which did not contain any child pornography.
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6 hours ago India
India will restore free access to 857 pornographic websites, following widespread outrage over the move.
The department of telecom told internet service providers not to disable URLs that "do not have child pornographic content", the PTI agency reported.
The government denied charges of moral policing, saying it wanted to prevent children from accessing the sites.
In July, the Supreme Court criticised the government's inability to block sites featuring child pornography.
Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad met senior officials on Tuesday to review the ban and decided that internet service providers (ISPs) would be immediately asked not to block those sites which did not contain any child pornography.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33783539
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