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Thailand will block Pornhub because porn is illegal, nothing more: digital ministry

A fresh order last night to block sex video site Pornhub was driven by tremendous complaints and unrelated to any embarrassing clips of any particularly powerful figures, the nation’s top IT official said today.

Though the page remained widely available as of noon Tuesday, IT minister Puttipong Punnakanta said porn is still illegal, so they simply forwarded all the complaints and evidence to the court to support an injunction, which went out last night to all internet service providers.

It listed nearly 200 URLs to be made inaccessible from within Thailand. Pornhub had previously been blocked by Thailand’s half-hearted and easily circumventable measures, an effort that seemed all but abandoned in recent years.

“Everyone must understand that it isn’t legal under Thai law, and as a law enforcer, I have to strictly follow the law,” Puttipong said. “In the…

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