Pornhub and other adult sites blocked access from Texas

[shoopa]

So seven states have lost porn sites because of their online porn laws.


"Millions blocked from porn sites as free speech, child safety debate rages across US
Jonathan Limehouse and Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY
Updated Fri, March 15, 2024 at 2:21 PM GMT-4·6 min read
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Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated when Texas passed HB 1181, an age-verification law. It passed in June 2023.

A high-stakes battle over pornography, child safety and free speech is heating up across the nation, with more than a half-dozen states passing age-verification laws aimed at halting minors from accessing Pornhub and other adult web sites.

Texas is among seven states to pass some form of the controversial legislation, which effectively blocks millions of adult video enthusiasts from entering Pornhub’s site unless they can prove they are at least 18 years old."



https://www.yahoo.com/news/pornhub-disa ... 30562.html

[TheButcher]

While at it ban cars, tractors, guns,horses, oil rigs and just about everything else that a minor might get into or handle which might harm them or others. I have said this a hundred times and will say again. Parents need to be responsible for their kids not the government or others.

[razor]

VPN companies will make more money

[tacnet]

I agree with Pornhub's statement on that page

"The only effective solution to protect children and adults is to verify the users' age on their devices and deny or allow them access to age-restricted content and websites based on that verification"

Webmasters have been telling governments this for decades but every time governments simply ignore it and make it a problem for the porn industry to try and sort out. Its simply a way for them to win votes

We have NO access to government issued IDs and therefore no way of verifying a users age unless we start issuing our own "porn IDs" (which has been tried) but how can you do that on a global basis such that every adult site can adhere to it ??

There's only ONE solution here and thats on the device itself

[pussyhunter]

Sites start blocking state after state we will rank lower and lower on the list of countries considered tier 1 traffic

[GRXlinks]

This question of age verification has always been a problem for this industry

[bestfreeporn]

Some cowboys will be not so happy

[jlinkz]

Not good for the people of Texas or the industry.

[britporn_mike]

what will horny Texans do now.

[calista]

Age verification has always been a topic for adult sites no one asks what about parents verifying they know what their child is doing

[Kev]

I read Chaturbate and XHamster were sued by the Texas AG,

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/st ... 055583007/

[misterporn]

More bull shit the real way to stop kids watching porn is to be a good parent.

[Toons-man]

Texas is a bible loving conservative state so no surprise

[jag]

Texas is a bible loving conservative state so no surprise

Those people watch porn just as others do.

[Sneaky]

Instead of wasting time money and resources on porn sites they can go fix their border.