"[5][6] On 22 August 2023, Government of India assured that it will bring rules and regulation to check vulgar and obscene content on social media and OTT platforms.
[7][8][9] On 14 March 2024, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has banned eighteen OTT apps from Google play store and suspended their all 57 social media accounts including their handles in Facebook, Instagram, YouTube etc.
[20] It is possible that cultural taboos[21] and legal issues (such as those described below) make it more desirable to view pornography in India through internet mediums, such as computers or smartphones, for more privacy.
[26] In July 2015, the Supreme Court of India refused to allow the blocking of pornographic websites and said that watching pornography indoors in the privacy of one's own home was not a crime.
The government informed the Court that the Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee constituted under Section 88 of the IT Act, 2000 was assigned with a brief with regard to availability of pornography on the Internet and it was looking into the matter.
[33] The Supreme Court has said that it can't stop an adult from viewing pornography or sexually explicit material in private space citing Article 21[right to personal liberty] of the Indian constitution.
[34] Prajwala Letter dated 18.2.2015 VIDEOS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS, a suo moto PIL was admitted in Supreme Court (Diary No.- 6818 - 2015).
Researchers have found that the primary sex education of low-income college youth born in the late 1970s to early 1980s in India comes from pornography and conversations amongst their peers, based on focus group discussions, interviews, and surveys.
[36] However, due to the internet and increased access for the common citizen, pornography has slowly entered the public discourse, most notably with the outrage towards a 2015 government order to censor 857 websites that contained explicit materials.
[37] In 2011, Sunny Leone's participation in one of India's most popular reality shows, Bigg Boss, initiated debate about the place of pornography in the country.