Pornography

My ISP in Yemen has decided that VOX is pornography.

I wonder which criteria they have used to catalog a public policy website as pornography. They may be using the famous 'I know it when I see it' yardstick from US Supreme Court's Judge Stewart. What kind of 'pornography' does this website peddle? What can be so dangerous for Yemen citizens that merits the drastic measure of banning access? Public transportation articles? Health care policy? Political partisanship? Poverty reduction measures?  All of them highly relevant to Yemen, so yes, open discussion of these topics can surely poison the peaceful policy discourse ongoing in Yemen.

On the other hand, one can easily access Dabiq,the magazine by the entity also known as Islamic State, or AQAP's Inspire, although for this one it may be an issue of pride... having been produced in Yemen, it is probably the most trending magazine the country has recently produced.

By the way, web proxies are also being blocked (under their own category).