Last week, Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor pissed off thousands of local porn lovers when it blocked the entire country from accessing two of the world’s biggest adult websites, Pornhub and YouPorn. Rooted in two separate court rulings, the state-owned agency blacklisted the porn sites for violating Russian laws on counts of “spreading pornography” and the “illegal production, dissemination, and advertising of pornographic materials and objects.” This isn’t the first time adult websites have had run-ins with Russian authorities. Back in September 2015, Roskomnadzor shut down Pornhub along with 10 other portals, including industry titan xHamster. When Russia’s porn defenders took it to social media to…
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Wednesday 21 September 2016
