Pornhub disables website in Texas after AG sues for not verifying users’ ages

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Pornhub disables website in Texas after AG sues for not verifying users’ ages - Lemmy.World

Fuck Paxton
Fuck [ insert Texas State Government Official ]
I was so happy when the texas republican party turned on him and were going to charge him with all kinds of corruption. Then the shitheads double thought and remembered that corruption is just what republicans do… no charges…

I suspect that the next step was going to be to require PH et al to turn over usage metrics along with the identities of the people using the platform.

This would give them a very good idea of how many texans are LGBTQ, or into interacial… or whatever else they don’t like.

They won’t do that. It increases the risk of finding out how many Republican representatives watch gay and incest porn.
watching is fine. Making it… well it’s not really gay if the dicks don’t touch, right?
Even if they do touch, you can tip your hat and say “pardon me sir” in a 10 second window after the incident to cancel it out.
Additionally, you can come in prepared by saying “No homo” which protects you during the whole act.
Even better, they could sit on that info until someone steps out of line or is in their way, then leak it to erode their support.
If they do that the info should be made public

Why? So they out everyone to their angry mob; so they can harass, assault and murder them?

That data shouldn’t even exist,

yes they so, they ask nicely lol

stupid republicans. they were convinced that by putting the squeeze on pornhub they could dictate how that site operates when

  • this isn’t the web 1.0 anymore. websites have been able to geoblock content for at least 20 years now

  • vpns exist. it’s not going to stop people in texas from still visiting the site, nor is it the only free streaming porn site and

  • unless a credit card or drivers license is required, age verification is easy to get around. “this content is restricted to adults 18 and over (21 in utah). by clicking yes you acknowledge that you are of legal age by penalty of perjury. are you 18? (yes) (no)”. I was on adult sites at 16.

  • this law proves these people have no goddamned clue how the internet works.

  • Lads its only Texas
  • They’re used to being blocked by little desert theocracies around the world. Another one isn’t a big deal

  • In addition to Texas, Pornhub has reluctantly blocked site access for people in other states with age-verification laws including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia.
  • Ref: www.usatoday.com/story/news/…/72976270007/

    Millions blocked from porn sites as free speech, child safety debate rages across US

    Pornhub disabled website access to Texas users due to the state's age-verification law that aims to protect minors from sexual material.

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    • 4.1. people in red states don’t matter.
    • 4.2. Democrats in red states deserve it for being outnumbered.
    3 isn’t even true. Any child capable of reading has the ability to input their parents info, meaning a bypass for this stupid law is in every single home across the country that has an adult in it.
    Here have a gun kiddo but don’t you look at some balls unless you’re of age
    Thousands of texans just yelled YEeee awwww schucks
    As a Texan, I find this funny and authorize the upvotes.
    Might want to check if this guy has stock in Nord VPN
    Nah, just appreciates basic access to the internet.
    I can confirm the authenticity.
    How about getting parents to do their job when it comes to monitoring their child’s internet content? There are enough parental control tools out there.