She has faced arrests for filming provocative videos on government property in Goa (2020) and for violating COVID-19 lockdown rules in Mumbai.

Poonam Pandey remains a complex figure in contemporary Indian media. To some critics, her career represents a reliance on superficial shock value and the commodification of celebrity status.

Poonam Pandey is extremely active on social media, with a large following on platforms like:

In 2017, she launched a dedicated mobile application designed to bypass mainstream censorship. Though quickly banned from the Google Play Store for violating explicit content policies, she hosted the application directly via her website.

Pandey often used bold publicity stunts to maintain media visibility: