Government’s big action on obscenity, 5 OTT platforms including MoodX and Koyal banned, strict instructions to Google-Apple also: – ..

News India Live, Digital Desk: The Government of India has once again taken a stand against the obscenity being served in the digital world. ‘Surgical Strike’ Is of. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B Ministry) took strict action. 24 February 2026 5 major OTT platforms have been blocked with immediate effect. There is a serious allegation of showing obscene, indecent and objectionable content on these platforms without any social message.

List of 5 banned OTT platforms

Following are the names of the apps and websites which have been locked by the government:

MoodX / MoodXVIP

Koyal / Koyal Playpro

Digi Movieplex

feel

Jugnu

Note: The government has not only blocked these apps, but also social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, X) have also been instructed to be closed so that they cannot promote through any other medium.

Reason for action: Why did the blame fall on them?

According to officials, this action has not happened suddenly. There were many concrete reasons and warnings behind this:

Vulgar Content: Such web series and films were being shown on these platforms, in which sexual acts and nudity were shown for a long time without any story.

Ignoring warnings: The ministry had issued warnings to these platforms in September 2024 and February 2025, but instead of improving, they continued serving the same content by creating new domains.

Violation of IT rules: These apps were not following ‘IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021’.

Under which law was the action taken?

The government took this big decision Section 69A of the Information Technology Act (IT Act), 2000 Taken under. This section empowers the government to block online content to maintain national security, public order and decency.

There was big action last year also

This is not the first time the government has done a digital ‘cleanup’.

July 2025 The central government also owl And ALTT Including 25 OTT platforms Was blocked due to obscenity.

The government has a clear message that platforms running ‘soft porn’ or obscene content in the name of entertainment will not find a place in India.