Watching porn now requires age verification in La. because of new law

[Adeptus Astartes]

So you got enough sense to realize you xan only control what’s on your house, so why is it a helluva thing to put social parameters in place to protect kids once they step outside your front door.

Because the law isn't about protecting kids, it's about government control of the internet. Teach your kids that you don't want them watching it and why. Realize that you can't shield them forever.

Also, the law doesn't work for mobile connections, so it's useless outside the home anyway.

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

I support all this. Just say you wanna play with yourself with a certain peace of mind dude. This is a judge free zone.

I don’t live in that state but no one should have to upload their fukking government ID online to look at legal material.

This isn’t about fukking kids it’s about Christians forcing their beliefs on others. Ur an idiot for not realizing that

This is absurd and just Christians using power to stop people from doing things they do but don’t want other people to do for whatever reason

 

[Software]

https://archive.is/Q0Qy1

Kills me how we can stand in solidarity behind keeping porn accessible but can't get other shyt done

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

Kills me how we can stand in solidarity behind keeping porn accessible but can't get other shyt done

Right wing racist ass White ppl all of a sudden get on board with solidarity when that draconian Christian shyt affects them. Abortion is a prime example of that, because their choice politicians suddenly aren’t hurting the “right people”

 

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Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads

Adult site owner Aylo protests age verification laws in two more states.

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Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads​

Pornhub’s ongoing fight against government age verification laws catches more users in the crossfire.

By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.

Jan 2, 2024, 5:12 PM EST|38 Comments / 38 New

Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Pornhub has restricted access in two more states in protest of continued nationwide state-level efforts to regulate online access to porn. 404Media reported that residents in both North Carolina and Montana visiting Pornhub and other Aylo-owned sites like Redtube or Brazzers are now greeted by a video of performer Cherie DeVille, and a handful of paragraphs, telling them their states are now blocked. Aylo began blocking access in the states last week, according to reporting from multiple outlets including The Fayetteville Observer and KRTV in Great Falls, Montana.

The move is meant to protest laws that went into effect in both states on January 1st. Montana passed a standalone ID verification law in May, and North Carolina’s new law was tacked onto a bill regarding the high school computer curriculum. The laws require sites to either use third-party verification or, in the case of Montana, “digitized identification” to verify a visitor’s age. Both states also leave enforcement as a civil matter, allowing individuals to sue if they think a site violates the law.

That all makes it much more difficult for a website like Pornhub to operate. Pornhub and other sites aren’t opposed to age-gating content, and Pornhub prefers the use of device identifiers for age verification. It is, however, opposed to the methods required by these new laws.

A similar message is posted for users in Utah.

Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge

The message displayed by Aylo’s sites claims few adult sites can “compare to the robust Trust and Safety measures we currently have in place.” The message contends that the “most effective solution” is to allow access based on device identifiers.

Despite the company’s safety claims, Aylo was recently fined $1.8 million by the federal government for allegedly willfully hosting videos of sex trafficking victims.

Montana and North Carolina have joined a small list of states with restricted access to Pornhub. Louisiana, Utah, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Virginia have passed similar laws, prompting Pornhub to block access in those states as well. Meanwhile, Texas passed its own identification law, currently under appeal in the Fifth Circuit, that also requires adult film sites to show unsubstantiated warnings about the health risks of watching porn.

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Pornhub will have to find some way to manage age verification as a cornucopia of laws hit it in states around the US, and even overseas. In the EU, for instance, the company was just deemed a “Very Large Online Platform” that will have to make sure it knows how old its users are. Otherwise, giant swaths of people worldwide might have to turn once more to the darkest corners of the internet to find their porn, or start picking it up on Blu-Ray.

Correction January 2nd, 2024, 5:23PM ET: A previous version of this article implied Pornhub currently used device identifiers for age verification; we’ve updated to reflect this has not been confirmed.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Doing this in a climate where teachers and cops are doing onlyfans on the side is hilarious