The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has banned 18 OTT platforms for publishing vulgar and pornographic content. The ministry has also blocked access to 19 websites, 10 apps, and 57 social media accounts associated with these platforms.
The decision to ban these OTT platforms was taken under the provisions of the Information Technology Act, of 2000.
These platforms have a good popularity in India. One of the banned apps had more than 1 core downloads. Combined Social media following of all these banned platforms was also good.
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