Users uploaded the documentary Don’t Call Him Dimon to recently unblocked in Russia PornHub after a Russian court ruled to remove the video from YouTube and social media.
The Russian court ordered politician and activist Alexei Navalny to remove his anti-corruption documentary from blogs and social media. In response, administrators of PornHub’s page on VKontakte social network offered the anti-corruption activist to upload the video to their website.
Обсудил с Порнхабом вопросы цензуры в интернете и новые подходы к роликам о коррупции https://t.co/sAr1zbADGB pic.twitter.com/WbFe3YyoFf
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) May 31, 2017
Navalny’s documentary was really posted on the website where videos can be uploaded by any user. It went under the title “Russian corrupted politician fucked hard. Journalists of Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio talked to Dmitry Kolodin, PornHub’s representative in Russia. According to him, the video is most likely to be deleted as it doesn’t fit the website’s content. Kolodin noted it would require some time as moderators work with great amounts of information.
The porn site was banned and blocked in Russia last September. Activists launched a flashmob under the hashtag #rospornobzor, protesting against the ban. They narrated porn films on camera and published their videos under the hashtag. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s media watchdog, recently unblocked the website.
The court ruled to remove Navalny’s documentary Don’t Call Him Dimon in a lawsuit brought by businessman Alisher Usmanov, who is mentioned in the investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation in connection with corruption schemes. Commenting on the court’s decision, Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation said firmly they ruled out the option of removing the video from public access.
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