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Are These Condom Ads Too Sexy For TV?

India's government has banned condom ads between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. to protect children from seeing them on TV. Some citizens are outraged by the censorship.
A screengrab for a condom ad featuring Sunny Leone, a Bollywood actress and former porn star.

On Monday, India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued an advisory to the country's 857 television channels requiring them to immediately cease airing condom commercials between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The statement prohibits "advertisements of condoms which are for a particular age group and could be indecent/inappropriate for viewing by children."

On Tuesday, the second-most populous nation in the world woke to headlines like '" and "."

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