Netizens get hot under the collar after Internet provider blocks adult website

[webfact]

Netizens get hot under the collar after Internet provider blocks adult website

By The Nation

 

 

An Internet provider that admitted blocking a popular adult video website made a quick U-turn and restored the site after exasperated Thai netizens created an online storm.

 

The drama unfolded after a woman asked the unnamed Internet provider on Twitter if it had blocked the famous adult video website Pornhub.

 

The provider claimed at first that it had simply limited the Internet speed but then admitted to blocking access to the website as it contained “inappropriate content”.

 

Netizens were quick to voice their anger and frustration, arguing it was their right to watch videos on Pornhub without being monitored and demanding in no uncertain terms that access be restored forthwith.

 

The provider subsequently retracted its words and announced that its clients can now access the website and other adult sites.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388527

 

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[keith101]

I thought these kinds of websites are illegal here in Thailand ? Banned when Prayut took over from the elected Government .

[YetAnother]

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

The provider subsequently retracted its words and announced that its clients can now access the website and other adult sites.

then why did they do it unilaterally in the first place ? because they think we are all unthnking sheep

[kotsak]

/fapmode on

 

[Justgrazing]

50 minutes ago, webfact said:

Netizens were quick to voice their anger and frustration, arguing it was their right to watch videos on Pornhub

as a lot of the " actresses " who appear on there are Thai .. 

[Jingthing]

Anything with the word hub in it needs to stay in Thailand. 

[tgw]

this is fascinating, because there are loads of adult websites being blocked by order of the former Ministry for Information and Communication Technology (MICT - has been replaced by MDES, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society).

why are some treated differently?

[DrTuner]

Just a little pre-taste of how it will feel to live behind a CCP firewall.

[rbkk]

Which Internet provider?

[JCP108]

13 minutes ago, rbkk said:

Which Internet provider?

Right, don't they know which one we're talking about?

 

Update: I went a-Googling and found it to be True. 

[Expat Brad]

13 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Just a little pre-taste of how it will feel to live behind a CCP firewall.

FYI There's plenty of homegrown Chinese porn.

People that have no idea about life in China, other than from the anti China propaganda usually come out with this <deleted> ????????

[zyphodb]

"give the plebs rice and pornhub and they will never revolt"...

[toofarnorth]

18 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

as a lot of the " actresses " who appear on there are Thai .. 

And a lot are actors who look like actresses .

[Logosone]

1 hour ago, Expat Brad said:

FYI There's plenty of homegrown Chinese porn.

People that have no idea about life in China, other than from the anti China propaganda usually come out with this <deleted> ????????

Chinese porn has a small problem though.

[Relocated]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

“inappropriate content”.

Without inappropriate action, no new babies. 

Too many babies, is that why inappropriate?

[Mick501]

19 hours ago, keith101 said:

I thought these kinds of websites are illegal here in Thailand ? Banned when Prayut took over from the elected Government .

A few months back someone posted a link to an English translation of the legislation.  Producing or selling for profit it most definitely illegal.  Possessing or watching is most definitely not illegal.  Uploading was a bit ambiguous if not for profit.

[Fex Bluse]

19 hours ago, tgw said:

this is fascinating, because there are loads of adult websites being blocked by order of the former Ministry for Information and Communication Technology (MICT - has been replaced by MDES, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society).

why are some treated differently?

A little known secret is that the Thais block these sites because they want horny men to spend their money in the Thai flesh trade. There's no money in letting blokes waste their resources onto tissues in their condos. 

[KhunBENQ]

I would never intentionally try one of these sites without using a VPN.

But I was puzzled to see how much hardcore porn is hidden in Twitter!

And that within harmless content without any "warning".

[sqwakvfr]

1) Pornhub is or was the 10th most popular website in LOS.

2) Does AIS or DTAC also block pornhub??

3) What about youporn??

 

So many unanswered questions.  The Government might have to allow these websites because the adult “entertainment” venues may not come back for a long time or possibly ever at all.  

 

 

[holy cow cm]

2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

I would never intentionally try one of these sites without using a VPN.

But I was puzzled to see how much hardcore porn is hidden in Twitter!

And that within harmless content without any "warning".

Same same here. Once you open and view then you are on their nasty views porn list. Would not want anyone official knocking on my door saying I  committed a crime. Not worth it.

[dddave]

22 hours ago, keith101 said:

I thought these kinds of websites are illegal here in Thailand ? Banned when Prayut took over from the elected Government .

Bans actually in place well before Prayut took over...far more internet blocks then then there are now.

[George Aylesham]

1 minute ago, holy cow cm said:

Same same here. Once you open and view then you are on their nasty views porn list. Would not want anyone official knocking on my door saying I  committed a crime. Not worth it.

The answer is to use a vpn. Not 100% effective but gives some protection.

[RichardColeman]

I;m surprised Thai men watch Pornhub, must be incredibly depressing if 'endowment' rumours are true. 

[holy cow cm]

17 minutes ago, George Aylesham said:

The answer is to use a vpn. Not 100% effective but gives some protection.

And I am sure they know you use a VPN and maybe wonder why you are using one. I just think it is all a catch 22. 

[tomauasia]

23 hours ago, keith101 said:

I thought these kinds of websites are illegal here in Thailand ? Banned when Prayut took over from the elected Government .

It's not a Thai site and not his business 

[Baerboxer]

Weren't their cases, in the past, of politicians being caught watching porn on their phones, tablets, whilst actually in parliament?

[samsensam]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I;m surprised Thai men watch Pornhub, must be incredibly depressing if 'endowment' rumours are true. 

 

nice one, why pass on an opportunity to make an irrelevant and negative comment about thai people

 

you need to get out more mate.

[Bob A Kneale]

2 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Same same here. Once you open and view then you are on their nasty views porn list. Would not want anyone official knocking on my door saying I  committed a crime. Not worth it.

Why would anyone do that, are you saying that looking at online porn is illegal now?

[AgMech Cowboy]

On 5/26/2020 at 3:56 PM, tgw said:

this is fascinating, because there are loads of adult websites being blocked by order of the former Ministry for Information and Communication Technology (MICT - has been replaced by MDES, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society).

why are some treated differently?

 

On 5/26/2020 at 2:41 PM, webfact said:

The drama unfolded after a woman asked the unnamed Internet provider on Twitter if it had blocked the famous adult video website Pornhub.

What's this all about? I've never heard of this problem or website.????

[brewsterbudgen]

10 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

 

What's this all about? I've never heard of this problem or website.????

Now you know, you know where to go ????