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Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sauce? Big if true but the self licking ice cream cone exists.

The largest non-ID age based verification company currently is owned by pornhub. So, them blocking access in states that aren’t cooperating (which the law is dumb anyway) is more than just a “we don’t agree with the law” it’s also, “we will hold your state hostage until you use our platform”

Sauce: https://medium.com/fingleton/dont-let-the-porn-block-give-mindgeek-a-monopoly-aafdfed270de

Plus the text on their website saying “there are other ID options” = “buy our service”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I think op made a joke, there is no real evidence or suspicion, just half-serious conjecture.