India Bans Porn, But People Have Already Found A Way Round It

India has ordered internet service providers to block access to 850 porn sites – in a move designed to ‘protect social decency’. Naturally, the move hasn’t been that popular – coming on the back of previous government attempts to control Facebook and Twitter.

 

Many Indians are accusing the government of moral policing and infringing on personal freedoms. ‘Don’t ban porn. Ban men ogling, leering, brushing past, groping, molesting, abusing, humiliating and raping women. Ban non-consent. Not sex,’ popular Indian author Chetan Bhagat said on Twitter, metro.co.uk reports.

 

‘'Porn ban is anti-freedom, impractical, not enforceable. Politically not very smart too. Avoidable. Let’s not manage people’s private lives.’ Chetan Bhagat ‏@chetan_bhagat Aug 3

Don't ban porn. Ban men ogling, leering, brushing past, groping, molesting, abusing, humiliating and
     raping women. Ban non-consent. Not sex. Chetan Bhagat ‏@chetan_bhagat Aug 3

Porn ban is anti-freedom, impractical, not enforceable. Politically not very smart too. avoidable. Let's not manage people's private lives.

People haven’t wasted time finding ways around the ban – with Quartz suggesting at least eight ways to access adult material freely in India, including using torrents, VPNs and proxy services.