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That didn't take long. The world's oldest Internet hobby is resuming in India, days after the country virtually banned Internet porn. Indians took to Twitter and other social-media sites blasting this weekend's anti-porn move, and the government has listened.
IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Tuesday that websites that don't display child pornography may resume streaming, according to local media reports. On Saturday, the Indian government initially ordered Internet providers to filter about 857 websites said to render pornographic material in a bid to protect morality. The government said the sites' content was "immoral and indecent," sites including things like Pornhub and Playboy.
"A new notification will be issued shortly. The ban will be partially withdrawn. Sites that do not promote child porn will be unbanned," Prasad told India Today TV.
The Indian government had not gotten the memo.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 06 2015, @11:00AM
Ban everything! Then compromise to ban what they wanted to ban, all along. And as usual, social media twits were manipulated to act exactly as expected. Government wins!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by dime on Thursday August 06 2015, @05:25PM
That would require more wit and cunning than the government has.
The current state is to just ban CP. If they had said that in the first place, who objects? People in favor of CP?
Here's the second reason you're wrong. The state initially banned pornographic material "in a bid to protect morality". What does that mean when they compromise now and are not doing that? The government has to allow what it considers immoral for its citizens?
Try using logical thinking. Real life is not a hollywood movie that has plot twists at every turn. Sometimes, things are just as they seem. A government who didn't think past their own limited views tries to impose their conservative values on internet access and it backfires, thankfully.