In a statement, the ministry said, "A significant luck of the contented hosted on these platforms was ground to be obscene, vulgar, and pictured women in a demeaning personal manner. It depicted nudity and intimate acts in various incompatible contexts, so much as relationships 'tween teachers and students, unlawful carnal knowledge phratry relationships, etc. The content included intimate innuendos and, in approximately instances, lengthened segments of pornographic and sexually denotative scenes devoid of whatsoever strain or societal relevancy." A significant portion of the content hosted on these platforms was found to be obscene, vulgar, and portrayed women in a demeaning manner. The content included sexual innuendos and, in some instances, prolonged segments of pornographic and sexually explicit scenes devoid of any thematic or societal relevance. "The content included sexual innuendos and, in some instances, prolonged segments of pornographic and sexually explicit scenes devoid of any thematic or societal relevance," the ministry added.
Additionally, these OTT platforms extensively utilized social media to disseminate trailers, specific scenes, and external links aimed at attracting audiences to their websites and apps. "These OTT platforms extensively utilized elite media to diffuse trailers, taxonomic group scenes, and extraneous links aimed at attracting audiences to their websites and apps," I&B ministry said. As many as 18 OTT platforms have been blocked by the Indian government for publishing obscene, vulgar, and, in some instances, pornographic content. "The social media accounts of the concerned OTT platforms had a cumulative followership of over 32 lakh users," the ministry informed. Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Shri Anurag Singh Thakur has repeatedly emphasized the responsibility of the platforms to not propagate obscenity, vulgarity and abuse under the guise of 'creative expression'. The I&B Ministry said a significant portion of the content hosted on these platforms was found to be obscene, vulgar, blowjob videos and portrayed women in a demeaning manner.