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In a statement, the ministry said, "A significant part of the contentedness hosted on these platforms was ground to be obscene, vulgar, and depicted women in a demeaning style. It depicted nudeness and sexual Acts of the Apostles in various unfitting contexts, so much as relationships between teachers and students, unlawful carnal knowledge folk relationships, etc. The depicted object included intimate innuendos and, in or so instances, drawn-out segments of pornographic and sexually denotative scenes barren of any content or societal relevance." 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 utilised elite media to broadcast trailers, specific scenes, and outside 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 blowjob videos 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, and portrayed women in a demeaning manner.