India: Uttarakhand High Court bans 857 porn sites

Following High Court  orders, Uttarakhand government has directed Internet service providers to block 827 websites that host pornographic content.

According to The Indian Express, “While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content.”

“The high court order was issued on September 27, 2018, and it was received by Meity on October 8. This followed the August 4 order from DoT, which had instructed internet service providers to disable those websites which hold child pornographic content. The original complaint was taken up by the Uttarakhan High Court in May.”, reported The Indian Express.