The porn site tweeted that they are willing to give the agency a Pornhub Premium account but Roskomnadzor responded by saying that they are not in the market for such website services.
Russian users and fans of the popular porn sites took to social media to express their frustration with the government’s decision. In fact, Russian activist Nadya Tolokonnikova quipped that the ban is a blow below the belt.
However, hope might not be lost yet for Russian users still looking determined to access adult content on Pornhub despite their government’s ban. The site has shared an address that it claims is not blocked.
In response to the porn site’s strategy, one Russian user tweeted that it is an awkward moment when Pornhub cares about them more than their government does.
Some critics believe that despite attempting to curtail some of their citizen’s masturbation habits, the Russian authorities are not without humor on the matter of banning Pornhub and YouPortn.
In September last year, after their first attempt to ban Pornhub, Roskomnadzor replied via their Twitter account to one frustrated wanker asking for an alternative to which the agency gave an advice of meeting someone in real life.
Roskomnadzor’s completely unhelpful advice caused hilarity as well as some anger because any suggestion of censorship or restrictions on smut to millennial, post-internet types is viewed as quite ridiculous.