Canadians call for authorities in the land of the Maple Leaf to touch Americans where it hurts the most – and forbid Pornhub.
The X-rated pornography site, which is owned in Canada, collects nearly 40 percent of its traffic from the United States, according to their latest annual assessment.
While the trade war between the US and Canada continues, those across the northern border call on the drastic measure.
One of them includes Matthew Puzhitsky, who shared a viral video with his Instagram In which he called to pull the site in the US.
In his clip, Puzhitsky referred to the idea as Canada's secret 'Nuke' and considered hilarious as a 'mic drop' moment.
Speaking with the New York Post, he added: 'If Canada Pornhub could forbid in the United States, we will win the trade war. That's it. There is no trade war. '
Because the video was shared online, a petition that called on the Canadian authorities to block Pornhub in the United States was also published online.
It should not collect real steam online yet and only receive 52 signatures from Saturday morning.
The X-rated pornographic site, which is owned in Canada, collects nearly 40 percent of its traffic from the United States
Because the video was shared online, a petition that called on the Canadian authorities to block Pornhub in the United States was also published
It explains: 'The current tariff conflict between Canada and the United States has influenced various sectors of the economy and we propose a new approach to these procedures.
“This petition urges the Canadian federal government to set legislation that limit the services of Pornhub, mainly content streaming for adults, to be accessible in the United States.”
Marc Olimpo, from Toronto, launched the petition and told the outlet that Canadians are being fired over the trade war and says, “That is all that everyone is talking about.”
Tens of millions about Americans are already without access to the site in the midst of a constant battle for privacy laws.
The parent company Aylo has blocked people in 16 states to visit the adult state because of a new age verification law.
The 16 states recently started demanding that users have to be given approved identification by the state, such as a passport or driver's license, to prove that they are older than 18 to gain access to content.
States started to introduce legislation for the first time in 2023 because of the growing political concerns about minors who view inappropriate online material.
An image of the adult movie star Asa Akira is displayed in the Pornhub Booth at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2018 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 24, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada
But Pornhub and other critics claim that the required age verification violates the privacy of users and jeopardizes their personal data.
The states where Pornhub is blocked are: Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Indiana, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Florida.
Newly named Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has AlreadY gave a wilting removal on President Trump about the current trade conflict.
The 59-year-old leader made it clear that he is planning to continue with former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Path of Public Spats with the American leader.
He accused Trump of 'weakening our economy' in his speech to a raw room full of liberal party voters.
“Donald Trump set, as we know, unjustified rates about what we are building, about what we are selling, about how we earn a living,” he said.
“He attacks Canadian employees, families and companies. We can't make him succeed. And we won't. '
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is holding a press conference in Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while he meets Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the Noord -Atlantic Convention Organization (NATO) in the Oval Office
Trump has repeatedly recommended his ambition to annex Canada, referring to Trudeau as 'Governor Trudeau' and the nation as the '51st state' of America.
On Wednesday, the country then announced $ 21 billion in new rates in an attempt to focus the import of American computers and sports equipment.
It is the last escalation of the increasingly bitter and expensive trade war that Washington and Ottawa flood.
Canada folded to Trump on Tuesday after he promised that the nation would pay a historically large 'financial price' for the electricity rate that imposed the US parts
Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford returned the course and said that he would cancel the 25 percent rate on Canadian electricity that was delivered to the northern states of Michigan, New York and Minnesota.
Trump agreed, after Canada had withdrawn, not to double the rates on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50 percent, which means that they stay at 25 percent.
Trump's trade war and his conversation about making Canada the 51st state furiously Canadians, who have heard the American national anthem at NHL and NBA games.
Some cancel travel south of the border, and many avoid buying American goods when they can.
