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posted by takyon on Thursday August 06 2015, @10:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the sore-spot dept.

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 The ban will be partially withdrawn.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.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by M. Baranczak on Thursday August 06 2015, @01:07PM

    by M. Baranczak (1673) on Thursday August 06 2015, @01:07PM (#219063)
    Seriously? That's all the porn sites they could find?
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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday August 06 2015, @03:20PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday August 06 2015, @03:20PM (#219108) Journal

    "for goats," "porn sites for goats." That's the part they left off.

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    Washington DC delenda est.
    • (Score: 3, Funny) by M. Baranczak on Thursday August 06 2015, @03:30PM

      by M. Baranczak (1673) on Thursday August 06 2015, @03:30PM (#219116)
      But do they call me "Rajeev the cabinet builder"? No!
  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 06 2015, @08:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 06 2015, @08:04PM (#219246)

    After one good fap the interest sort of subsides. It would have taken to much time and effort to compile a larger list.