Pornhub pulls out of Texas, no pun intended
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dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Yeah they purged way too many videos off of there a while back. Better alternatives out there.
AStrangeName
Member of Snitch Syndication
Damn Dora, you want marathon man not minute manWas this supposed to make it any better
Big 60 second man here, watch out!!!
Searches for VPN Skyrocket in Texas After Pornhub Shuts Down Access in State
Searches by Texas users for the term "VPN" jumped more than fourfold after Pornhub disabled access in the state.
variety.com
Searches for VPN Skyrocket in Texas After Pornhub Shuts Down Access in State
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Searches by Texas users for the term “VPN” jumped more than fourfold after Pornhub and its parent company’s network of other pornography websites disabled access in the state this week, according to Google data.
VPNs, or virtual private networks, establish an encrypted connection between a user and the public internet — and they can also mask the location of user, making it appear as if they’re accessing the internet from another state or country.
A number of Texans evidently have a newfound interest in location-spoofing VPN services, coming after Pornhub and other affiliated adult websites on March 14 blocked access to users in the state to protest Texas’ age-verification law requiring pornography sites to institute age-verification measures to ensure only adults 18 and older are able to access them.
A new message displayed Thursday on Pornhub (and other sites operated by parent company Aylo) to users with internet addresses registered to ISPs in Texas explained that it was disabling access to comply with the law. The company claims it has long supported age-verification access measures, but criticized the Texas law as “ineffective, haphazard and dangerous” because it forces users to provide identification every time they visit an adult-content platform rather than verifying users’ ages on their devices.
“Until the real solution is offered, we have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to our website in Texas,” the message on Pornhub and other Aylo sites said. “In doing so, we are complying with the law, as we always do, but hope that governments around the world will implement laws that actually protect the safety and security of users.”
Of the 20 metro areas tracked by Google, the highest search interest in VPNs over that the past seven days was in Dallas-Ft. Worth, followed by Houston, Austin, Waco-Temple-Bryan and San Antonio.
Here’s the Google Trends chart showing relative search interest in the term “VPN” over the past seven days in Texas:
Aylo is owned by Canadian private-equity firm Ethical Capital Partners, which acquired Pornhub’s predecessor company MindGeek for undisclosed financial terms last year.
In a statement, Alex Kekesi, Aylo’s VP of brand and community, said about the situation in Texas: “This is not the end. We are reviewing options and consulting with our legal team… We will continue to fight for our industry and the performers that legally earn a living, and we will continue to appeal through all available judicial recourse to recognize that this law is unconstitutional.”
Pornhub and Aylo’s network of other sites — which include Brazzers, RedTube, YouPorn, Mofos and Reality Kings — are also blocked or restricted in at least seven other U.S. states where similar laws have been enacted: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Virginia and Utah.
The children thing is just an excuse.
Yes you are a supporter of authoritarian right wing governments.
Your philosophy in life is controlling what other people do.
That's a problem, a big problem
People like you have existed long before youtube
they are cracking down hard on porn in texas, but Fansly the wilder version of Onlyfans, is based out of Texas
What makes Fansly wilder than OF?
RennisDeynolds
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
Less restrictions on content. Can show piss and public activity
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
No.... Yall like to label shyt when you disagree with someone..... it's juvenile.... We are at a point where askng to verify someone's age to see pornographic material = authoritarian right wing government...... Using yall's logic, an adolescent should be able to go to a porn convention, titty bar, or sex shop..... yall have plenty of options left yall can use to beat your dikks........ sometimes, and I mean every now and then, the genuine welfare\health of the youth trump political stances......... You see what I did there......
No.... Yall like to label shyt when you disagree with someone..... it's juvenile.... We are at a point where askng to verify someone's age to see pornographic material = authoritarian right wing government...... Using yall's logic, an adolescent should be able to go to a porn convention, titty bar, or sex shop..... yall have plenty of options left yall can use to beat your dikks........ sometimes, and I mean every now and then, the genuine welfare\health of the youth trump political stances......... You see what I did there......
are any of the physical activities you listed that people participate in recorded in a central database accessible to the government in anyway?
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
That's not my argument... If yall are concerned about that..... are yall going to stop buying groceries or using social media? What info info are yall worried about that the government doesn't already have access too.... . Is it the type of porn yall watch that you're worried about being exposed?
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
What data are you concerned about being in a database? It's a simple question
Crayola Coyote
Superstar
Pornhub died when they took down all the amateur porn 
Yapdatfool
Superstar
I'll answer your question. I'm concerned about ALL THE DATA. If I don't have explicit control or measure in place to not be tracked I am concerned.
Why should the government or krogers be able to sell my data and not cut me in on it? Why collect it in the first place?
You must've loved when the patriot act got passed since 'general welfare of the children' was one of the reasons people liked it.
94 crime bill, stop and frisk, racial profiling, mass incarceration... all benefit the 'general welfare of the children' somehow someway, despite infringing on freedoms and liberties.