Pinkythekinky to bananabunny: Govt lists 857 porn sites

Even as the debate over the merits and demerits of the government's move to ban more than 800 pornographic websites rages on, the notification itself has led to an unfortunate (fortunate for some) and unintended side effect.

Even as the debate over the merits and demerits of the government's move to ban more than 800 pornographic websites rages on, the notification itself has led to an unfortunate (fortunate for some) and unintended side effect.

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On Sunday, internet service providers (ISPs) were asked to block such websites, communications ministry sources told Hindustan Times.

"Certain websites have been reviewed and found to be spreading anti-social activities as hyperlinks from these websites, some of them were pornographic, so we have sent letters to internet service providers to block them. The action has been taken in reference to section 79 of IT Act," the sources said.

The ministry of telecommunications has listed the names of all the banned pornographic websites and have made the document public.

Here is the complete list of the websites which have been blocked:

People who had no previous knowledge of the sites listed above named by the government are now better informed and their choices have become abundant.

The document has already started doing the rounds on Twitter.

Sample these tweets which have outed it: