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[GK86]

Link. Full article at the link.

XHamster has been refusing to serve anyone from North Carolina since 12:30 p.m. EDT, Monday.

Instead, users with a North Carolina IP address are just seeing a black screen on their computer — no porn.

The extreme measures will stay in place until North Carolina repeals House Bill 2, a law passed on March 23 that effectively prevents cities and counties in the state from passing rules that protect LGBT rights.

XHamster spokesman, Mike Kulich, said the website believes in equality for everyone.

Kulich told HuffPost that the company’s statistics show that North Carolinians are more open-minded — at least about their porn — than laws like HB2 might suggest.

“Back in March, we had 400,000 hits for the term ‘Transsexual’ from North Carolina alone,” he said. “People from that state searched ‘Gay’ 319,907 times,” he added.

XHamster may have good intentions by wanting to repeal HB2, but the company is contradicting itself by publicly supporting Donald Trump on its search page for “big cock,” which features a “Make America Great Again” ad that links to Trump’s website.

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FWIW you can still view the website and watch all its "research material", you are just greeted with this blurb when you access it.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

lol, nicely done.

 

[PsychBat!]

good

 

[Ivan 3414]

Wow, Xhamster's got balls

 

[Fracas]

Breaking news, HB 2 has been repealed

 

[Acorn]

Lol nice. It's a publicity stunt but I'll allow it.

 

[Dominator]

Wow, Xhamster's got balls

Balls on every page.

 

[Astral/H3X]

Fuck yeah. We need more of this.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

Sometimes to incite change, we need to grab people by the balls.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Good? Ummm..What do hamsters have to do with porn? Actually, nevermind..

 

[jacob armitage]

Haha, thats pretty great.

 

[Kathian]

Well done.

 

[Savitar]

The politicians will change their mind in no time now.

 

[Balphon]

Wow, Xhamster's got balls

fry.jpg

 

[ohlawd]

fantastic. good show, xhamster. I'll go visit their site tonight

 

[zeemumu]

 

[OricWindstar]

Haha, I see a sharp increase of male protestors joining soon.

 

[Chariot]

I wonder if pornhub joins.

 

[Ogodei]

They should have just selectively banned them from anything tagged LGBT to send a message (and given lesbian's predominant popularity in the US, that would still have an impact).

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Interesting. I guess if you want to make people speak out then taking their porn away could be a good way to do it.

 

[Chuck]

A site with "shemale" as one of their categories?

Ok.

 

[Nanashrew]

I wonder if pornhub joins.

All North Carolina users just get redirected to CornHub.

Would be hilarious.

 

[CrocMother]

Wow, more people search for Transexual than Gay?

 

[Danis Saur]

Imagine if the more popular websites did this, insanity in NC would ensue.

 

[PAULINK]

Would inly be an issue if it was the only free porn site. Still, its a neat gesture.

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

Wow, Xhamster's got balls

And NC's got blue balls.

 

[Permanently A]

Yo that's pretty funny. If they can get Pornhub to join in and have a message saying "You aren't seeing this because your state's government is shitty" that's bound to draw heads.

 

[Tain]

They should have just selectively banned them from anything tagged LGBT to send a message (and given lesbian's predominant popularity in the US, that would still have an impact).

uh, if anything they should have only allowed streaming of LGBT content

 

[Ms.Galaxy]

Wow, more people search for Transexual than Gay?

Girls with penises is a fetish for a lot of people.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

Okay... this is going a bit far now, isn't it?

Wouldn't displaying an annoying message be enough?

Region restrictions on websites suck.

 

[Crayons]

publicly supporting Donald Trump on its search page for “big cock,” which features a “Make America Great Again” ad that links to Trump’s website.

Well, how is this wrong? He is a big dick

 

[Sparkedglory]

Lmao, that's amazing.

 

[GhostBed]

hahahahah holy shit!!! This is amazing!

 

[Chariot]

Okay... this is going a bit far now, isn't it?

Wouldn't displaying an annoying message be enough?

Region restrictions on websites suck.

Do know what else sucks? Anti LBGT laws.

 

[yanipheonu]

To be honest banning an entire population for their governments poor decision seems a bit too far.

 

[Dirca]

Welp, as a NC resident, it is my duty to try to access the content tonight through my vpn. Purely for research that is...

 

[Aarglefarg]

About the supposed open-mindedness from 400k hits for 'transsexual', fetishisation isn't a good guide to acceptance. I also assume they searched not for 'transsexual' but a range of slurs.

 

[littleworm]

FWIW you can still view the website and watch all its "research material", you are just greeted with this blurb when you access it.

 

[Muzy72]

They should've made it so North Carolinians can only view gay porn.0

 

[Josh5890]

I like the move but I wonder if this is legal for them to do (blocking a whole state from using their website).

 

[FriedConsole]

Well, how is this wrong? He is a big dick

Huffington Post writer doesn't get the joke.

 

[Bay Maximus]

Haha, awesome troll.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

A site with "shemale" as one of their categories?

Ok.

I think they all use that word. Pornhub, youporn, etc. :-\

 

[The Real Abed]

To be honest banning an entire population for their governments poor decision seems a bit too far.

The point is to get people to revolt against the law. The more publicity it gets the better.

Keep it up, companies. Shame I have to drive through NC to get home after vacation is over.

 

[GK86]

FWIW you can still view the website and watch all its "research material", you are just greeted with this blurb when you access it.

Thanks, will add it to the OP.

 

[FyreWulff]

I like the move but I wonder if this is legal for them to do (blocking a whole state from using their website).

Yes. Servers are private and you can refuse connections from anywhere.

I blocked Texas once because one of their damn ISPs wasn't killing a spambot they had on their hosting somewhere.

 

[Wag]

May the porn sites lead thee into paradise...

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This is funny.

 

[Josh5890]

Yes. Servers are private and you can refuse connections from anywhere.

I blocked Texas once because one of their damn ISPs wasn't killing a spambot they had on their hosting somewhere.

Ok. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Symphonia]

Well, how is this wrong? He is a big dick

Just what I was thinking.

People don't see the irony in that.