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Old School Foxtel Boxes Make A Return As PornHub Ban Drives Australian Teenagers Back To FashionTV
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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
After a decade of trying to migrate Australia's cable TV viewers to newer online streaming platforms, it seems that Foxtel is experiencing a spike in demand for the old fashioned modems that used to plug into the walls.
This comes as prominent adult streaming websites such as Pornhub ban all Australians from accessing pornographic content.
The blocks came just days before the official start of new online safety codes from the eSafety commissioner, which require organisations to verify the ages of users, which means Australians must 'register' their personal details and points of ID with a foreign porn giant and put themselves at risk of having their personal details and unconventional desires leaked in a cyberattack.
This has resulted in an unexpected renaissance for 'blue magazines' - which are now doing the rounds in footy clubs and worksites as Australian men can no longer look at boobies online.
Australian teenagers, after a decade of unabridged access to an endless supply of some of the most hardcore pornography that has ever existed in the history of mankind, are now also seeking slightly healthier avenues for adult content.
This means that late night Scandinavian noir films on SBS are experiencing a ratings surge, as well as the iconic lingerie catwalks of Foxtel's FashionTV.
Foxtel executives remain hopeful that this trend will remain, and the reintroduction of appointed viewing habits might condition a new generation of Australians to consuming media like normal people used to, before they got all of their information through highly emotive 20 second reels delivered to their brains through a highly complex algorithm that prioritises the most harmful content above their friends, families and trusted news sources.
This new era of media literacy and discipline appears to trending in the right direction for younger Australians, as Foxtel can now confirm that the number one information source in Australia for teenagers is the late night screening of 'The Naked News' on Foxtel's Comedy Channel.