The world's most popular porn site has come up with a way to circumvent online pornography being blocked by the Indian government that cut off access to its third biggest market. For the government to ban sites like ours that have compliant parental controls, a non-consensual take down page and a strict Terms of Service is a disservice to the people of India, who have become one of the largest connoisseurs of adult content. Similar bans have been enforced in other countries, such as Russia, where a solution was found to allow Pornhub to keep operating. We understand this has been a hard time for our fans and hope this will provide them with an outlet to help alleviate some of their stress. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium.
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Rumors of the website blockage began doing the rounds on Friday night, when Indian netizens reported that many popular pornography sites like YouPorn and Pornhub were inaccessible through multiple service providers. Twitter users reacted with a mix of exasperation, outrage and resigned satire at the news, with many implying that the conservative government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party BJP is to blame. Proponents of a porn ban like advocate Kamlesh Vaswani, who filed a public interest litigation with the Supreme Court, argue that access to adult content leads to rape and other violent crimes against women, while opponents argue the reverse. India is home to some of the most avid consumers of pornography, with data gathered by Pornhub showing that the South Asian nation ranks fifth in terms of daily visitors to the site and fourth in terms of mobile visitors. Write to Rishi Iyengar at rishi. By Rishi Iyengar. Related Stories.
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When the current government took over in , there were many moves to ban porn sites — with limited success. In the latest crackdown on online porn in India earlier this week, internet service providers ISPs were told to ban such websites, including the popular PornHub and XVideos. The decision came from the Uttarakhand High Court order on September The court took cognizance of reports which said that certain students in a Dehradun school allegedly gang-raped their schoolmate after watching porn. As per a PTI report, the four students had told the police during investigation that they had watched porn on the Internet before allegedly raping the girl who is a student of Class The court also asked the government to implement the order but brought down the number of websites from to There are many groups in India claiming that porn promotes rape. Even Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has talked of the need to ban child porn and rape porn in this regard. Reliance Jio was one of the first ISPs that strictly implemented this, which even led to many discussion boards on Reddit. Users were outraged and are trying their best to work around the ban.
Earlier, N. Kaul, a spokesman for India's department of telecom, said Monday the government was controlling easy access to pornography following a directive from the country's top court. Kaul said that while Internet service providers in India will have to bar access, users may still view the sites through virtual private networks and proxy servers. He said the move would protect children. The leaked government order asks service providers to block access to the sites on grounds of morality and decency. The order has caused a furore with many in the country accusing the government of moral policing and infringing on personal freedoms. We have updated our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
