Decoding India’s Proposed Online Porn Ban – II

This is the third in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Tangled, Like Wool” meeting held in New Delhi in January 2014.

While the publication and transmission of online pornography is already an offence in India, two 2013 petitions – one filed in the Rajya Sabha and one in the Supreme Court – seek a ban on its consumption at well. Around 25 activists working on gender rights, sexuality rights and Internet rights opposed the blanket ban at this Delhi meeting on the following grounds:

Read the full blog post in GenderIT.org .

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