Save Pornhub! Online porn ban sparks backlash in Thailand
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Thailand’s government has decided to ban Pornhub and 190 other porn sites, in a move that has prompted a strong backlash from users online. A Twitter user named Jirawat Punnawat wrote: “If someone doesn’t hate the current military government, now they probably do,” An activist group called Anonymous Party posted a statement saying: “We want to reclaim Pornhub. Emilie Pradichit, director of the Manushya Foundation, which campaigns for digital rights, said the decision showed Thailand was “a land of digital dictatorship, with conservatives in power trying to control what young people can watch, can say and can do online.” Thailand’s government has faced months of youth and student-led protests demanding the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha, a former junta leader, as well as calling for reforms to reduce King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s powers.
History of this topic
South Korea fights deepfake porn with tougher punishment and regulation
The Independent
South Korean authorities have launched a crackdown on deepfake porn
NPRNepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
Associated Press
Did India’s porn ban reduce traffic to popular adult sites like Pornhub?
The Hindu
Pornhub is not banned in Russia after Ukraine invasion, the social media posts are false
India Today
Pornography gets a pandemic boost, India reports 95 per cent rise in viewing
India TodayDiscover Related
)
