Even as though Chief Justice of India HL Dattu and the Supreme Court observed last month that it could not stop adults from exercising their right to personal liberty by watching pornography in private, many adult websites were reported on Saturday to be inaccessible by internet users throughout the country. This raised concerns that the Department of Telecommunications has intervened to block these websites without making an official announcement about this.

Several internet users in India reported that they were greeted with messages stating that "directory doesn't exist" or "website is blocked by Competent Authority" when they tried to access porn sites. These messages mostly appeared for subscribers to Mahanagar Telephone Limited, Bharatiya Sanchar Nigam Limited, Vodafone and ACT. However, those using Airtel, Tikona and a few other cable networks experienced no such problems.

The conversation, which started on Reddit, spilled out Twitter as well and led to a virtual outrage among Indian netizens even as social media chose to respond to it with concern mashed with hilarity. Here's a selection.