Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws
Pornhub will block access to its site in five more states in the coming weeks.
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I had to travel to Austin for work a few weeks ago. Got off the plane, checked into the hotel, took a shower, decided to use mother nature’s melatonin to help with the jet lag… then, boom. Upload your driver’s license.
So I had visited some sites that were hosted outside US and didn’t give a fuck about Texas’ stupid laws.
These laws are not only authoritarian, they’re fucking useless.
I assume this is the "small government" party doing this?
(I'm not an American)
Republicans, which yeah. They like to talk about “small government” when it comes to billionaires and taxes, it really, that’s about it.
And guns. Can't forget the guns.
Yes. They want "small government" when the law affects them, but "law and order" when it punishes someone else who annoys them.
It's childishness we've come to be accustomed to, thanks to lead-brained 70-year-olds who are falling into legit cognitive decline... but still have the numbers to be a formidable opponent at the polls on election day.
Also, their dicks don't work anymore without a blue pill, so they may as well take away the consensual naked fun of Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z (18+) people right?
All those lead-brained 70-year old former hippies and flower children! Scott McKenzie - San Francisco [HD] - YouTube
Small so it can sneak into all their citizen's lives.
Government so small it can fit in a uterus or male pee hole!
(I know the scientific name but pee hole is funniest.)
What's worse: Reputable sites that comply with U.S. laws (such as participants being 18+ and filming of their own free will) are effectively forced out, while questionable site carry on.
The likelyhood of seeing abuse victims or underage in Texas goes up, not down.
If they truly cared about protecting minors, they'd see the flaw in their law and rectify it. Of course, we all know (not through cynicism but cold repeated behavior) that political conservatives do not care about minors and care far more about punishing consenting adults.
This law is a step toward the latter.
You: (bring facts and logic)
TX Republicans: "A witch! They're a witch! Burn them!"
In any given situation, sites beholden to these laws are much less likely to be hosting CSAM
Edit: Literally why the fuck are all of you reading this wrong????
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Why? Do you not remember how PornHub requires verification to upload content now? They're also beholden to their payment processors.
Other way around:
Sites that COMPLY with laws and exit the state leave behind sites that do not comply.
The sites you CAN reach in Texas are more likely to have trafficking victims and underage participants -- because those sites clearly don't give a hoot about laws.
Texas drove away the wrong sites!
Yes that's literally what I said...
Sites beholden to these laws..
PornHub, sister sites, etc...
...are much less likely to be hosting CSAM.
Because of their moderation.
Obviously it's a big site and you can't get rid of it all, but the percentage is absolutely lower.
That's like saying a supermarket that's burning to the ground is experiencing a record low theft.
No it's not.
If that's true, then even conservatives won't go to them.
If you get downvoted once, everyone else has to downvote you too before they read your comment, it's the rule of lemmy.
Oh okay. Thanks.
I'm guessing they don't know what beholden means?
Maybe