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.

  • _number8_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    PH is trash but these laws are dumb as fuck and misguided. are we really pretending that you shouldn’t be horny until 18 or whatever

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      1 year ago

      This actually pushed me and a couple of friends to subscribe to Nord; I’d been thinking I should get a VPN for a while anyways. I looked through VPN’s and I ended up liking Nord’s feature set and price vs ExpressVPN. Never thought I’d use them back when they were EVERY video’s sponsor on YouTube lol.

      • lenninscjay@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        If true that Nord lobbied for this, run away. That company will not respect your privacy.

        Mullvad is decent and has a track record of being subpoenaed by LE but keeping nothing, so having nothing to show. Tho I’m sad they just got rid of port forwarding (only affects seeding torrents)

        • Zlatil@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Nord VPN also keeps logs and has handed them over to police forces.

          So far I’m like the proton suite, have my email and VPN through them.

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    1 year ago

    why is this getting so much traction in the media? there’s so many other, arguably better resources for pornography on the interwebs

    • Kaliax@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s important to ensure coverage of state control. These “moral” issues being delt with via legislative means is abhorrent. Land of the free, eh?

    • Seasons@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s just highlighting that state governments are making crazy laws like this, and PH is one of the big dogs everyone knows