Twitter ― Refuge for Korean Porn Sites

Note: Porn is illegal in South Korea. I've heard that Porn sites are blocked.
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Twitter (www.twitter.com)appears to be bringing old websites back to life.

In 2004, police shut down Soranet, a porn site. They had more than 600,000 subscribers and 60 people were caught for being involved with the site's operation.

Six years later, the site has gained popularity through micro-blogging.

The new Twitter-armed Soranet is clearly more elusive than the older version, and seems to be creating a following just as impressive.

The site was blocked by the National Police Agency (NPA). The account had gained more than 100,000 followers making it the country's third most popular Twitter account. Kim Yuna and Lee Woe-soo hold the top positions.

Online Porn sites are realizing that Twitter is a good place to promote their business because users can post their real-time status.

Soranet's Twitter account was created last June and followers could find instant updates on the IP address to the blocked site.

Millions of tweets had already been sent by the time the police blocked the site.

It seems that anyone with basic Internet skills would be able to gain access to Soranet. Type "indirect access to Soranet" in Korean, and Google generates more than 900,000 search results.

"You can't expect us to track all the tweets. And since Twitter is provided by a foreign company and operated by a U.S.-based server, our options for combating these online porn services are severely limited," said an official from the Korea Communications Standards Commission, the country's censorship authority for broadcasting and Internet content.