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India's ban on online pornography looks to have gone limp after four days, after a DEITY recommended a change of interpretation to the nation's ban on 857 sites. The DEITY in question is India's marvellously-named Department of Electronics and Information Technology. DEITY is India's acronym, as the deity.gov.in website …

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  1. Mark 85

    I'm guessing there was "pressure" or "persuasion" to allow the adult porn sites then? It just seems to be a rather interesting turn around in things...

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  2. Christoph
    Joke

    So now they can look at deity pictures again?

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    I'm not touching that

    Said the Brahmin to the Dabbawalla...

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The only thing I grasp from this article is that India has more of a spine than the UK ever will regarding censoring pornography online.

    Esp. with Kim Jong-cameron's new moral crusade.

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  5. Trainee grumpy old ****
    Stop

    Cunning Bureaucrats

    Gets the government of the hook - "we aren't blocking any sites"

    Puts the onus on the ISPs. You can bet your last Rupee they aren't going to spend any effort verifying whether the sites hosts kiddie pr0n or not.

    Result: the ban goes in name only.

    Treble lassis all around!

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