25-07-2025
Centre Bans 25 OTT Platforms For 'Indecent' Representation Of Women: Full List
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The government has banned multiple OTT platforms and websites for streaming objectionable and pornographic content. Here's a list of platforms banned.
More than 20 OTT platforms were banned by the government on Friday for being in violation of various laws. The identified 25 apps and websites displayed objectionable content and indecent representation of women, it was known.
The ban is aimed at curbing the easy availability of pornographic material, particularly to minors, and ensuring that digital content remains within the bounds of decency and the law, news agency PTI quoted sources as saying.
As the ban was ordered, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting explicitly directed Internet Service Providers to disable or remove public access to these websites within India.
25 APPS, WEBSITES BANNED IN INDIA: FULL LIST
Here's a full list of the banned websites and apps –
As the move was announced, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Kishan said the decision was important as multiple unlicensed OTT platforms were involved in showing soft porn and obscene content.
'The government's decision was important in regards to India's culture," he said.
'Some licensed and unlicensed OTT platforms are making soft porn and obscene films. This is indeed a great decision. There is a ' Laxman Rekha ' (a limit or boundary that must not be violated) for entertainment," he added.
The government found these links in violation of various laws, including Section 67 and Section 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 294 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Section 4 of The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
A government notification stated that the intermediaries are responsible to remove or disable access to unlawful information under the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
The government also highlighted Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which states that intermediaries lose their exemption from liability if they fail to expeditiously remove or disable access to material being used to commit an unlawful act, even after receiving a notification from the appropriate government agency.
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July 25, 2025, 14:58 IST
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