Following a report of a popular porn site that Filipinos have spent the longest time watching adult content for the third straight year, the Philippine government has decided to block Internet users from accessing adult websites.
As of Saturday, access to known porn sites such as PorbHub and XVideos has been forbidden both on mobile devices and on personal computers and laptops.
Users trying to access these websites were redirected to a page notifying them of such a ban. The notification reads:
“This website has been ordered blocked under authority of the Philippine government pursuant to Republic Act 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Law.”
This government mandate came out 10 days after Filipinos topped for the third straight year PornHub's study of its users viewing behavior.
In PornHub's report, Filipinos have spent an average of 12 minutes and 45 seconds per day viewing webpages with pornographic contents.
Users Still Able to Access Pages Despite Government Ban
The news about these two porn sites - PornHub and XVidoes - being blocked supposedly by the government has spread on the internet like wild fire.
However, recent reports show that other users are still able to view these web pages.
In addition, the government notification doesn't consistently show when these web sites get blocked.
On Google Chrome, most users would get the error "This site can't be reached," while on Firefox, the generic message would read "Server not found."
There are some speculations that Filipino internet users have taken certain courses to somehow "unblock" these pages.
The top tools, as reported previously, on how to unblock restricted pages are as follows:
- Use of a proxy server
- Using Google Translation Service
- Using a VPN or Virtual Private Network
- Using a Different DNS
While these two main porn sites got blocked, there are hundreds of other accessible pages showing malicious contents out there. At the same time, these blocked pages would somehow find its way back to their audience if they want to, the same way defunct torrent pages got back to the internet, like in the cases of PirateBay and KickAss Torrents.
Source: Inquirer
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