You Now Can't Surf For Internet Porn In India

[J-SiN]

http://business.avn.com/articles/370...les/37068.html

World governments' wave of porn censorship continues. This time it's in India. Sue Denim writes an article about an amendment of their Information Technology Act that prohibits the publication of sexually explicit material in newsstands and in the Internet. The Act also enables governments to regulate and control search engines, internet service providers, internet cafés or other service providers. Because of this, Bing and Yahoo followed suit by disabling the option to switch off the safe mode settings in all Indian territories. It doesn't say whether this amendment is a knee jerk reaction from what China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia had done in recent weeks, or an appeasement to uplift public morals in the country.

If this bit of news doesn't alarm you, you should be. The industry has cemented strong partnerships with Indian companies for outsourcing. We rely for them not just for mundane tasks but they also perform operations related to finances, product production and other significant aspects of our businesses. If their government continues to further their stand against pornography, these can greatly destabilize our system. India can surely disable the industry as we know it.

[Rochard]

Well that's just about dumb.

[J-SiN]

If this becomes a trend, how do you guys foresee the future of internet porn?

[digifan]

Originally Posted by J-SiN

If this becomes a trend, how do you guys foresee the future of internet porn?

I don't think India or China have a lot of people with credit cards. They are poor and overpopulated. I think this more or less explains these issues. But their hackers are doing a good job also...

[J-SiN]

Digifan, rich residents of Hong Kong and Beijing (with dual citizenships I suspect) are having a field day purchasing foreclosed houses left and right in the States. It started halfway through the recession early last year.

India may not look much from our end, but Western economists say that India is almost there in becoming an economic power. The rich people of both China and India have immense purchasing power and there's a burgeoning middle class that has a significant amount of disposable income.

[WebairMetz]

terrible news. bad trend. I dont think it will become a worldwide thing though. thats just my feeling.

[Funbrunette]

How the hell are they going to monitor all this?!?

[HB|Sergio]

good news. + 1000000 surfers in porn