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25 OTT platforms, including Ullu and ALTT, blocked for streaming obscene, pornographic content

State: Applicable Across India

Year: 2025

Date: July 25, 2025

Source:

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ott-govt-ban-altbalaji-ullu-india-obscene-content-10148776/

OTT App Banned: The government has explicitly directed Internet Service Providers to disable or remove public access to these websites within India.

The government has explicitly directed Internet Service Providers to disable or remove public access to these websites within India.

OTT App Banned in India: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has directed that public access to 25 OTT platforms, including Ullu, ALTT, and Desiflix, be disabled for streaming obscene, and at times, pornographic content, sources in the government said. The direction to block the websites and apps of these 25 OTT platforms came on July 23, they added.

The action was reportedly taken in consultation with the ministries of home affairs and electronics and information technology, the department of legal affairs, industry bodies FICCI and CII, as well as experts working in the domain of women and child rights.

As part of the directive, content from 26 websites and 14 apps will be blocked under the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the IT Rules, 2021. These apps were streaming vulgar content from these OTT platforms, sources said.