And more states may be on the list soon.

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.worldEnglish
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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

    • acedelgado@kbin.social
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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.eeEnglish
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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.eeEnglish
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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.

  • tallwookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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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.worldEnglish
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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.worldEnglish
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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