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This Porn Site Has Been Blocked!

This Porn Site Has Been Blocked!

August 03, 2015 / 22:47 IST

Welcome to The Firm Audiocast. Over the weekend, India was purged of internet porn. 857 porn sites have been blocked and ISP (internet service providers) have reportedly done so after receiving a notice from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Why is DoT going after internet porn? Is the notice legal? And why should those who don't watch porn care about the mass block? CNBC TV18's Aayush Ailawadi talks to Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director at the Centre for Internet and Society about today's top trending topic online, the #PornBan…
Here’s the link to the leaked DoT order:

http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/resources/dot-morality-block-order-2015-07-31/view

first published: Aug 3, 2015 10:46 pm

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