According to the screenshots posted by some of the disgruntled netizens, access to the website was restricted at the behest of the authorities, as Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor apparently blacklisted it for disseminating pornographic materials.
"We don’t value what we have, but cry over it when we lose it. Farewell, #Pornhub," a user muses.
Что имеем — не ценим
— Dmitry Denisov (@phoenixd12) 14 сентября 2016 г.
Потеряв — скорбим
Прощай, #PornHub pic.twitter.com/0w7O1DBTWY
Needless to say, not everyone was happy with this development, to put it mildly.
"Pornhub got banned, I see no reason to use a web browser now," one person declares.
Pornhub забанен, смысла пользоваться браузером я теперь не вижу
— Roman Alexeev (@Alexeev_Rmn) 14 сентября 2016 г.
"Pornhub was closed down today. RIP," echoes another (caption on the picture says "Used the Internet only because of Pornhub").
Сегодня был закрыт ресурс Pornhub.
— Социофоб (@socium_hate) 14 сентября 2016 г.
Rip. pic.twitter.com/ddjU43GSmE
Pornhub is a pornographic video sharing website and the largest pornography site on the Internet.
In 2015 the Russian-language version of Pornhub was blacklisted by the local telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor.
