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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Pornhub is owned by a Canadian company. Could the owners block US access to protest Trump’s takeover hopes?

What began as a joke by a comedian quickly turned into speculation about how Canada could mount a powerful protest against the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s takover hopes.

Not with its own retaliatory tariffs, or shutting down every branch of Tim Horton’s and Lululemon in the U.S. — but by banning access to the Canadian-owned adult entertainment website Pornhub.

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