Pornhub blocked in Thailand due to Computer Crime law, reports Thai media

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Pornhub blocked in Thailand due to Computer Crime law, reports Thai media

 

 

Thai media Daily News reported that many users of the porn video sharing website Pornhub were unable to access the site on Monday.

 

Users were getting a message saying it was blocked because of 2017 Computer Crime laws.

 

A total of 191 URLs were blocked because of obscene content and all Internet Service Providers had to comply with the court order. 

 

Though some users reported that they could view it as normal.

 

A Thaivisa check this morning resulted in a privacy warning.

 

Manager reported that it was the action of the Digital Economy and Society Ministry.

 

They said that the DE would soon be banning many gambling websites too. 

 

They pointed to the damage to society of internet porn and gambling. 

 

Pornhub has been criticised in the past for allowing non-consensual videos. 

 

It is the biggest such porn site in the world in terms of content and the third largest in terms of views, according to Wikipedia.

 

Sources: Daily News | Manager Online

 

 

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[colinneil]

Damn what i am i going to do now? I know spend my day winding up poor ole Steven on Thai visa.????????????

[ExpatOilWorker]

It sure it blocked.

 

[sungod]

There was a bloke in the pub last night who told me that he had heard from his neighbor's mate that Redtube is working fine.

[faraday]

Never heard of it....

[tonray]

What's next ....banning food porn ?

[colinneil]

Just now, faraday said:

Never heard of it....

Pants on fire.????

[Bangyai]

Guess they have never heard of alternative browsers outside Google chrome.

[Grumpy John]

Not used Porn Hub as yet.  Guess I would need a VPN if I do....  Wow!  That amazing!  Some kind young man called at a girl's house to fix her plumbing!  ????

 

 

[Grumpy John]

1 minute ago, Bangyai said:

Guess they have never heard of alternative browsers outside Google chrome.

Try Brave browser...with a new private window with Tor.

[unamazedloso]

This is a knee jerk reaction to trade agreements im sure with the US. This is all they can do? Thats sad. Good thing is all the other sites are up and running fine.

[rkidlad]

Here's what you do:

 

You go onto Google. You search for 'proxy'. You open the first proxy site you find and enter the URL of  whatever website you wanna view. Simples. 

 

Mate reckons he's been on all morning for research and it's working like a dream.

[French mate]

Damit !
Its happen as i just started the course ????
 

[Artisi]

12 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Pants on fire.????

Haven't seen that on any porn sites, is it something new?????????????

[CraigInBangkok]

I thought they'd blocked porn sites for years ... just another reason to use a vpn 

[ChouDoufu]

 

i'm gonna mark this on my calendar.

 

the very first HUB not praised by thai officialdom.

[Rookiescot]

You dont need Pornhub.

Just watch that live stream from NCC's room ????

[Donutz]

Somebody doesn't like flying kites or going on fishing trips. What ever will the people do now? ????

[scammed]

18 minutes ago, Grumpy John said:

Try Brave browser...with a new private window with Tor.

can confirm brave private window bypass governments

attempt of censorship

[Kelsall]

Along thse lines, I just got accepted to star in a porn movie.  I'm the husband going off to work.

[CraigInBangkok]

5 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

You dont need Pornhub.

Just watch that live stream from NCC's room ????

Thats really an image i don't need in my head ... thanks for that

[Dagfinnur Traustason]

30 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

It sure it blocked.

 

That's not a message for a blocked site. This is only a warning that someone might steal information. If you click on the advanced option, you will still be allowed to enter.
 

That they blocked that site, it's no question about, but that is not a blocked message.

Just wondering what to do now, when I am not visiting the local bars? No more good clips to look at while easing the pressure.

[2long]

Rumour has it that yesterday (Monday) morning it was available at my house. ????????????????

[Peterw42]

It appears someone may have turned back on Thai internet gateway.

I think someone is getting ready to block some other sites. The sort of thing you do when having a crack down on protesters, coup etc.

[norfolkandchance]

Is You Porn still running. Asking for a friend.

[Laza 45]

It works with a VPN...   I checked for a friend.....

[rkidlad]

1 minute ago, Peterw42 said:

It appears someone may have turned back on Thai internet gateway.

I think someone is getting ready to block some other sites. The sort of thing you do when having a crack down on protesters, coup etc.

Thing is they have no control over social media (where most people get their juicy info from). They can request certain pages, etc, be shut down but that can take a long time and usually the answer is no. 

 

These dinosaurs think that by blocking websites they can control the narrative. They couldn't be more wrong. Anyone with half a brain, or younger people who are tech natives, know or can find out how to view whatever they want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jackdd]

Just use an alternative DNS server, for example the one offered by Google (don't forget to change the IPv4 as well as the IPv6 DNS server), and it's working again

[PatOngo]

So! Many idle hands!

[Peterw42]

2 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Thing is they have no control over social media (where most people get their juicy info from). They can request certain pages, etc, be shut down but that can take a long time and usually the answer is no. 

 

These dinosaurs think that by blocking websites they can control the narrative. They couldn't be more wrong. Anyone with half a brain, or younger people who are tech natives, know or can find out how to view whatever they want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isnt that the idea of the internet gateway thailand has, they can shutdown sites/IP addresses instantly. Social media is still just IP addressees  and can still be blocked. Even an app wont get far if facebook.com is blocked.

I recall facebook was blocked during the 2014 coup.