It further revealed that six of the top eight porn-searching countries were Muslim states. The country at number two in the list was Egypt, while Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Turkey came in at numbers four, five, seven and eight, respectively.
The fact that porn trends within the region can even be tracked was impressive, given that the sale of pornographic material has been banned in nearly every Arab country except Lebanon and Turkey.
More recently, the Saudi Arabian government also announced that it had hacked and disabled about 9,000 Twitter accounts associated with the publication of pornography and arrested many of the handles’ owners. The move was organised by the Commission for the Promotion and Prevention of Vice, also known as Haia, the Saudi religious police.
Many Muslim states declare that cemented social morals should not be violated. The data out there, however, suggest their public may feel otherwise.
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Wrong news, please make clarification for this misinformation See for yourself what google database tells about Pakistan search queries: https://www.google.com/trends/topcharts#vm=cat&geo=PK&date=2014&cid Searches: 1. ARY News Live 2. Express News Live 3. PTV Sports 4. Hiload 5. Samaa TV 6. Bigg Boss 8 7. Baby Doll Song 8. World Cup 2014 9. Dhoom 3
People: 1. Robin Williams 2. Ayeza Khan 3. Tiger Shroff 4. Umar Akmal 5. Hamid Mir 6. Sana Khan 7. Lionel Messi 8. Gauhar Khan 9. Daisy Shah
Where's the Google search statistics and demographics? express tribune/web desk, you people seriously need to do proper HOMEWORK before publishing these bullshits
Rest of the world watches Pogo ?
Rest of the world watches Pogo ?
The source of this NEWS is another gossip-magzine type news paper; SALON, where they will publish anything without being questioned. But I like to highlight this to Expree Tribune that we expect some sort of responsibility from you. You should not simply publish anything without verifiable data. "Salon" is neither a creditable source nor did they publish their thoughts based on any "recent" data and you did the same thing; a shame for your name! Express Tribune played dumb for whatever the reason!
Indian papers or the news Channel get bombarded by threats calls and redicule... called an agent of the enemy of they print or broadcast any news that's derogatory to Indian honor. People there just only want to hear good news of Rising & Shining* etc, including the political leaders. So now they love to come over here to hear bad about us, to boost their "honor". Plus boosting publisher's much needed advertisement income, they have huge overhead expenses too!
I find this report just a publicity, nothing else. Pakistan is a small country and internet is not much available to common masses.Just think.
its a wrong information about Pakistan
Also, the Tribune should publish counter article accepting the negligence and apologizing to the nation for the humiliation they have caused and should publish the correct facts.
The article on which this one is based on disseminate wrong information. Did the newspaper ever try to verify this information? These figures are incorrect. Better read the article published on propakistani.
this is hilarious , how its possible in a country where only 10% people have the access to the INTERNET?? if Pakistan was below India in that list then it would have somehow digestible
Meanwhile, ET tops all news sites in bashing and spreading hate speech against Pakistan & Pakistanis in an effort to please the huge sized neighboring country and gain some popularity on the internet. Cheap & old tactics.
I am a bit skeptical over it, how come this is possible when in Pakistan the access to such websites is banned. And if, by any means people are watching it cloakedly: through proxy isp's so how did they note down the traffic is coming from Pakistan? Need clarification on this.
Why are you promoting news articles of not-so-popular Salon, do your own research and report what you find!
@Usama: Even normal websites can detect VPNs/proxy/socks/ do you think google can't detect that? no use defending you country like this accept it. period.
Couldn't be possible in a country where 80% of the population do not have internet access.
@Waqas: Waqas it doesn't need expertse to type 3 letters in Google you know what (5EX)
@Prudent:
Seems legit!
Blame it on the laptops handed out by Nawaz Sharif!
Skynet aka google
Just wondering how the ET staff refer the source/originator of the news as "SAN FRANCISCO". Even the Salon site doesn't have SAN FRANCISCO mentioned anywhere.
Is ET staff making news just based on their assumption? Is their any editorial board in ET or not? ET please reply and apologize for spreading fake news
there's a reason why top six of eight countries are Muslim states
Non sense from a Western Owned and funded newspaper. This is just impossible so present your FACTS and SOURCES and makes no sense why our media buys western news and runs it a wild. Clearly Pakistani newspaper knows nothing about Propoganda warfare or does and using it against us. Lets look at it logically. Pakistan is the 5th -6th biggest country population wise, so it will make it to the highest list as it is. However 10000s of phonographic sites were censored. Try accessing them and see. So if people are re-routing their ISPs to access such sites and youtube, their ISPs WONT be Pakistani, and therefor this news makes NO sense!
@G Indian:
"Make love, not war."
Good. Now tell this to Modi as well. No wonder he is so acrimonious and belligerent (wife left him long time ago).
For non Muslim countries pron is available just outside their home no need to search for Muslims they have to find it some way....so make the news this way in pictures and movie searching smaller sin Muslim countries top and doing bigger sin of adultery non Muslim specially western countries top.
Provide the actual Google study if you are truthful. To all the snarky intellectuals: look and read before you consume. Stop being mindless sheep. This has actually been going around the web a while.
Shame on Tribune for posting a news without authentication! salon.com is your source, which also doesn't cite any source for its claim!... is this how low your journalistic conduct can go? its really disappointing... do you get money for posting such crap propaganda against Pakistan?
@Babu: "one of the most talented nation on globe" are you sure...?? could you please elaborate those talents...?? these kind of empty boasting is spoiling Pakistan - from childhood I am listening from my father that - one Pakistani army soldier is equal to 10 Indian soldier...!!
It is true that incident of rape has increased in big cities but that is also a reflection of the fact that more women today are coming out openly to tell they have been raped. This would not have happened in the past. Media has also become much more powerful and vocal in highlighting cases of rape. Most of rapes in the past would happen between the girl and someone close to her in the house and the girl would be ashamed to come out and tell the story. More rapes are now happening outside the house. So, what has changed? I think change has to do with the way middle class women in India have forged ahead. I see women everywhere: in MNCs, in Bank, in IT, etc. And they are there in high positions bossing over men! Having enough money to go around, these women seem to be having a ball. They are going to late night with their boyfriends, attending parties and coming home late. While this happening in big cities, there is also this immigrant men population that seems to be left behind in this rat race. Semi-skilled or unskilled, they have not much to do than drift away in squalor. This is the population that chances upon a lone girl returning home from a party or waiting for someone late at night. Impotent as these men are in other matters, they seem to show their power over women by indulging in this heinous act. Better surveillance by police, educating women what to avoid etc. will go a long way in reducing crime against women. Until then, it is a long battle ahead for them
It is true that incident of rape has increased in big cities but that is also a reflection of the fact that more women today are coming out openly to tell they have been raped. This would not have happened in the past. Media has also become much more powerful and vocal in highlighting cases of rape. Most of rapes in the past would happen between the girl and someone close to her in the house and the girl would be ashamed to come out and tell the story. More rapes are now happening outside the house. So, what has changed? I think change has to do with the way middle class women in India have forged ahead. I see women everywhere: in MNCs, in Bank, in IT, etc. And they are there in high positions bossing over men! Having enough money to go around, these women seem to be having a ball. They are going to late night with their boy friends, attending parties and coming home late. While this happening, in big cities there is also this immigrant men population that seems to be left behind in this rat race. Semi skilled or unskilled, they have not much to do than drift. This is the population that chances upon a lone girl returning home from a party or waiting for someone late at night. Impotent as these men are in other matters, they seem to show their power over women in indulging in this heinous act. Better survaillence by police, educating women what to avoid etc will go a long way in reducing crime against women. Until then, it is a long battle ahead for them.
@Pindi Kid:
Stop falling into their traps, it's exactly they wanted. To lead people into believing they are the scum of earth
Interestingly the source of the news is a blog (you can check the source of salon which ET gave as reference). In that blog there is no reference just assumption :)
Google trends shows totally different story and ET doesn't bother at all to check it. What type of peoople are working on Web desk who doesn't even bother to check the reality? Will ET ever apologize to Pakistani nation for spreading the fake news. I think it will never happen. Only honest journalist apologize if they do mistake.
Utter nonsense! Who is Google working for and whose interest do this and other sites like facebook etc. serve? I would rather trust the devil!
@Dinesh Hindu, why are you worried about Islam and marriages when your goddess DRAUPADI had 5 husbands, obviously it will give air to ra....:p But no problem real winner was god vishnu with 5000 wives, oh boy how lucky!!!
Congratulations to all muslims in Pakistan, Saudi, Egypt. etc. for achieving top honors in something we can rave about. More and more islamic studies are needed so we can do even better. Oh, of course we cannot stand those cartoons but who cares about personal character. Isn't it time to review and introspect rather than complaining and protesting all the time about what others might be doing to us?
Umm, where's the report ?
you lair... send me Google report .... I cant see it anywhere except here..... lair pakistani media
@Concerned: Bro I tried a lot but couldn't bring India to 1st position :P
This is a global phenomena. ET please have some common sense before putting such a negative news. The countrymen who's capital have been labelled as the 'rape capital' of the world are having a field day.....bigotry at its heights.
when you find pleasure nowhere you go for things like that............ the question is what are these sights for??????
@Concerned: We belive in islam that how it is and what it teach u
this is another false propaganda, false indictment, false allegation against pakistan, one of the most talented nation on globe n they made just bcoz they can't digest our growth, n increasing literacy rate n in minimum resource v manage to fight against terrorism.
These all stuff are officially banned in Pakistan. This is a fake research and the whole Jewish society just want to degrade Pakistan , so we should raise voices against thosr baster eds . pakistan zindabad.
So you guys are safe using proxy.... Happy :) @Prudent:
@Prudent: Well then-only possibility left would be out of the proportion of the %age of people using internet in a country and not quantitatively.. if u get my point! But your second point remains valid..
Non muslim states dont need to "SEARCH/GOOGLE". They can access the websites of their choice directly without , People in muslim countries had to work harder and search for the sites which are not blocked by their respective countries. Its a game of statistics and hiding information fact. Google just releases the statistics and does not explain or comprehend it.
Seriously tribune?
How come Google is able to back track the original location? All the countries in the list have banned such sites and still tops. This is really an achievement :s
i think that the of setting "age gate off" in daily motion should also be banned
70% of Pakistan's population does not have access to internet, then how can this country be on top of the list???
probably the Xact guys doing somthing....since v dont have utube, and most of the expilicit sites are blocked.
So what...
So, What..... :/
The Information provided in the News seems irrelevant, There is no Link from Google up in the post, even if i accept that then please tell me who has given the Results now and why?
Dear Tribute, WHY would you publish this article? Can we PLEASE stop publishing negativity and spreading vice. IT DOESN'T HELP!
What about those countries who are making it....
'Nearly every Arab country except Lebanon and Turkey ' It's a common misunderstanding that thinking Turkey is a Arab country. However it's Turkic not Arabic.
seriously ET, this website Salon is your source? You have taken poor editorial-ship to the next level!
@Usman: So true!
I am sure this is USA conspiracy.
What if we don't win Cricket World Cup, or in Olympics. Let us rejoice that we are now World champions in something besides Terrorism.
Well, atleast we bagged the top position in something ... Cheers!!
if you actually try advanced search option on google, you have an option to see what search is made the most from which part of the world. and if you do so, you will see that this report is based on complete lies. Pak is not even in top 5 on google itself for this search. i know you will not believe me, hence, go ahead and look for yourself.
Google intends on destabalizing Pakistan by making false accusations. This shows how much of a threat we are to the Jews. Pakistan Zindabad.
Not the first time. Lack of education. Big talks and here is the truth.
No. I refuse to acknowledge problems in my own society. Charlie Hebdo cartoons deserve all of my energy and protests :)
A point for Indians to gloat and cheer about.