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Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Pornhub has shut off access in Mississippi and Virginia to protest age verification laws that can involve checking government IDs. It previously blocked access in Utah.

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[–] 18 points 3 years ago (15 children)

why is this getting so much traction in the media? there's so many other, arguably better resources for pornography on the interwebs

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  • [–] 53 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    It's important to ensure coverage of state control. These "moral" issues being delt with via legislative means is abhorrent. Land of the free, eh?

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Would you want to be responsible for checking IDs over the internet? No sane company would want to be responsible for getting it wrong.

    Also, would you be willing to send a scan of your drivers license to a porn website? Any website?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    You could make the check with your ID card in a way that a middle ware reads the card and just gives the ok signal to the site. No personal data is transfered outside .

    I use an lvl 3 smardcard reader for things like this. NFC on the ID is checked, PIN entered in the reader and the middle ware verifies that you are sitting at the PC.

    In the moment of request you can see what data is transfered because to use this service they have to be verified by the middle ware service as well in advance for access to the process.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    The point is that these states are making ridiculous, unenforceable censorship laws. They're going to try to gate ALL of those arguably better resources you're talking about behind some kind of age verification like a driver's license or some shit. PornHub is just the headline because it's a popular website protesting.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I couldn't disagree more. Pornhub is the best porn website we have right now by far. They consistently do a great job of moderating to remove underage porn and revenge porn while also all monetizing for the creators. I don't think a lot of people realize how good we have it worth pornhub

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    There have been multiple cases of underage girls on PH and SA videos that PH wouldn’t remove when requested by the victim, even a verified account was a trafficked 15 year old. PH is another big corporation that doesn’t give a fuck about people don’t let them fool you

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago*

    Pornhub has just become the goto for any pornographic crap in the media. Other sites literally just don't care. I doubt many would even respond to a journalist looking for a statement. Basically the same as the Satanic Church doing something any time a religious bill gets passed in the States.

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