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.

  • lenninscjay@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    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”

    • gressen@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

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