Porn Sites In Hong Kong Shut Down In Support Of The Huge Protests Sweeping Through The City

A pair of popular Hong Kong porn sites temporarily shut down last week in order to encourage users to take part in the massive protests that are sweeping the territory.

More than two million people marched through the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday calling for the government to roll back a controversial new bill that would allow Hong Kong residents to be extradited to mainland China for prosecution. VICE News reports that more than 100 local businesses have shut up shop and encouraged their employees to take part in the protests. As did two local digital smut merchants.

According to Quartz, ThisAV.com replaced its normal X-rated content with an expletive-laden message addressed to Hong Kong government officials, a message that included “multiple references to genitals”. It also encouraged users to take part in the “life or death” protests rather than “jerking off at home”.

It's happened. A #HongKong porn site is urging users to suspend activities to march against #ExtraditionBill "not because we have hope, not cos we think numbers=success, but because we need to come out even if we fail" #NoExtraditionToChina #反送中 pic.twitter.com/Fdo9UfebfA

— Yuen Chan (@xinwenxiaojie) June 8, 2019

Meanwhile, the website AV01 posted a message on its landing page asking users whether they wanted “to live the rest of your life looking over your shoulder?”

“There will be no more safe place or security. The government has failed you, the system has failed you, the society has failed you, do you want to fail yourself?”

A number of protesters were injured last Wednesday after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd. Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam has since suspended the extradition legislation, although she has refused to scrap it completely. Protesters are calling for her to step down.

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