▲ 127 ▼ Pornhub Sues Texas Over Age Verification Law (www.vice.com) submitted 3 years ago by HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Blamemeta@lemm.ee -15 points 3 years ago (4 children) If we can pass laws to keep kids out of rated R movies, I don't why this is any different permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay. Next time you go to the movies, be sure to let the theater make a photocopy of your driver's license. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago This is worse than that. This is letting them make a photocopy of your license and store it forever in a well-ordered filing cabinet in a locked room you hope no one unauthorized ever finds a way into. Because the government made you do it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Especially_the_lies@startrek.website 14 points 3 years ago You know that's not a law, right? The ratings system is something movie theaters and movie production companies have all agreed to. Unless there is a specific law in your local jurisdiction, in the US at least, there's no national (or even state, I believe) law that says kids can't see rated R movies permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sol0WingPixy@ttrpg.network 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) In theory you’d be right - and in fact PornHub itself wants better age verification. This is more if a “this ain’t it, chief” from them. On top of privacy and reliability issues, the Texas one requires them to have a bunch of pseudoscience about porn on their landing page. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] primbin@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago I didn't know that about the Texas one. Those "health warnings" are pretty bad. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sol0WingPixy@ttrpg.network 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay. Next time you go to the movies, be sure to let the theater make a photocopy of your driver's license. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago This is worse than that. This is letting them make a photocopy of your license and store it forever in a well-ordered filing cabinet in a locked room you hope no one unauthorized ever finds a way into. Because the government made you do it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago This is worse than that. This is letting them make a photocopy of your license and store it forever in a well-ordered filing cabinet in a locked room you hope no one unauthorized ever finds a way into. Because the government made you do it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Especially_the_lies@startrek.website 14 points 3 years ago You know that's not a law, right? The ratings system is something movie theaters and movie production companies have all agreed to. Unless there is a specific law in your local jurisdiction, in the US at least, there's no national (or even state, I believe) law that says kids can't see rated R movies permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sol0WingPixy@ttrpg.network 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) In theory you’d be right - and in fact PornHub itself wants better age verification. This is more if a “this ain’t it, chief” from them. On top of privacy and reliability issues, the Texas one requires them to have a bunch of pseudoscience about porn on their landing page. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] primbin@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago I didn't know that about the Texas one. Those "health warnings" are pretty bad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] primbin@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago I didn't know that about the Texas one. Those "health warnings" are pretty bad. permalink fedilink source parent