Pornhub blocks access in two more states, Montana and North Carolina, in protest of the states' age verification laws that went into effect on January 1
The funny thing is, while the NC law is clumsily implemented and of course puts a ridiculous barrier of entry up, the immediate impacts of it might be . . . good? — Compliance will be hardest for sites like PornHub that thrive off of providing free, ad-driven revenue, much of it making millions while giving little back to the sex workers themselves. … X: Rob Leathern / @robleathern : Internet 2000: “all your base are belong to us” Internet 2024: “all your face are belong to us”. 2024 will be the year to debate online age verification it seems. Samantha Cole / @samleecole : they join a list of states where VPNs are suddenly very popular, including Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Utah. you may also recall that Texas porn sites are now required to tell you that the health dept thinks porn gives you brain damage https://www.404media.co/... Samantha Cole / @samleecole : most telling part of all this: the senator who pushed for the law in NC said it wasn't crafted to go after social media sites, but that “we need some kind of firewall for hard core pornography.” a) what do you think is all over twitter? b) where do you think that logic leads? Forums: r/Montana : Pornhub blocks access in Montana r/NorthCarolina : With the recent law going into affect today..... r/NorthCarolina : PSA: Pornhub is now disabled in North Carolina