Poll | Do you believe govt's reason for banning porn sites?

Poll | Do you believe the govt's reason for banning porn sites?

As reactions to the government’s move to block porn sites rose to a crescendo, top communications ministry officials said it was merely meant to comply with the Supreme Court’s observations and not to curtail internet freedom.

“We are not a control-freak government and strongly object to the word Talibanisation,” communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. “On the contrary, we are pushing for higher levels of internet use through Digital India.”

According to data from Pornhub, one of the world’s biggest porn sites, India ranks in fifth place for the most daily visitors to the website. The website saw a total of 78.9 billion video views globally in 2014.