Tag: censorship

  • Twitter ‘Shadow Bans’ Porn

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    Interesting story today on AVN regarding recent changes that have been made on Twitter that may have seen a ‘shadow ban’ on pornographic content. Being a shadow ban, it means that the content will still be visible if you tinker with your settings. You may have noticed that in tweet replies that some replies require you…

  • Porn History Hack Fear Over UK Porn ID Law

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    Just a day after the UK government set a date of April 2018 for when porn sites will be forced to ask for age verification from anybody visiting their sites, a porn watchdog has voiced concerns over the plan. The Independent reports that the Open Rights Group has said that porn sites could be forced…

  • UK Porn ID Checks To Roll Out In April 2018

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    So. The countdown begins for porn users in the UK. But it’s a real sign of just how shoddy this whole idea is that we’re 9 months away from this law being rolled out, and nobody is any the clearer just how exactly this is going to be implemented. Experts can tell the government that…

  • Indian Boy Hits Headlines In Anti-Porn Campaign

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    His name is Akash Narwala and he’s disgusted that his classmates watch porn. While most 16 year olds are doing something completely unproductive with their lives, this chap has decided that he wants to rid India of the ‘plague’ of porn. What a fine, upstanding chap he is. I have to say that I have nothing…

  • Two Philippines ISPs Block Porn Sites

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    According to the BBC, two major ISPs in the Philippines have blocked access to some major porn sites such as Pornhub and XVideos without announcement. Despite some suggestion on social media that some customers of the companies can still access the site, it is just the latest instance of porn being cracked down on in…

  • UN Official Brands UK Porn Checks ‘Human Rights Breach’

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    As encouraging as it might be for the porn industry and porn consumers in the UK that somebody high-ranking in the UN has said that new age check legislation on porn sites breaches human rights, I don’t think it is going to change anything at all. I know I’m being extremely pessimistic and negative, and…

  • Iran Porn Blocks Bust Internet Around The World

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    The Independent has reported that Iranian porn blocking has proved to be so aggressive that it has affected access to certain sites across the world. With some jargon that I don’t quite understand, it’s been suggested that they somehow managed to redirect the flow of the way the web works to stop people from across the…

  • Utah Explores ‘Porn Suing’ Legislation

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    I wouldn’t even consider going as far as saying that the news contained in this article is completely unbelievable. Because if the force 10 shit-storm that was 2016 taught us anything, it’s that the completely unbelievable can become completely believable in the blink of an eye. Especially when it comes to the suppression of porn making…

  • Why UK Porn Laws Are Unlikely To Work

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    There’s a really interesting article on Vocativ today about why blocking or restricting porn usage on the internet makes little or no difference – and why people shouldn’t be too concerned about such laws. It claims that xHamster received over 1 billion visits over the past year from countries that had blocked its URL and the…

  • xHamster Launches Petition Against UK Porn Laws

    xHamster Launches Petition Against UK Porn Laws

    The porn site xHamster has launched a petition protesting new anti-porn laws passed in the UK, according to The Telegraph. Visitors to the site are now greeted by a pop-up asking people to sign a petition against the new legislation, which hopefully most people are doing. I know it’s unlikely to make a difference but…

  • The Porn Acts Now Banned From UK Viewing

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    So, from here on in, these are the sex acts that are now banned from being viewed on the internet by anyone in the UK after British parliament passed the stupidly titled Digital Economy Bill a few days ago:- infliction of pain or acts which may cause lasting physical harm sexual activity which involves real…