Pornhub disables website in Texas after AG sues for not verifying users’ ages
Pornhub disables website in Texas after AG sues for not verifying users’ ages
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Pornhub disables website in Texas after AG sues for not verifying users’ ages
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I suspect that the next step was going to be to require PH et al to turn over usage metrics along with the identities of the people using the platform.
This would give them a very good idea of how many texans are LGBTQ, or into interacial... or whatever else they don't like.
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They won't do that. It increases the risk of finding out how many Republican representatives watch gay and incest porn.
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Why? So they out everyone to their angry mob; so they can harass, assault and murder them?
That data shouldn’t even exist,
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Fuck Paxton
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I was so happy when the texas republican party turned on him and were going to charge him with all kinds of corruption. Then the shitheads double thought and remembered that corruption is just what republicans do... no charges..
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Might want to check if this guy has stock in Nord VPN
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Here have a gun kiddo but don't you look at some balls unless you're of age
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I can confirm the authenticity.
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Thousands of texans just yelled YEeee awwww schucks
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As a Texan, I find this funny and authorize the upvotes.
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How about getting parents to do their job when it comes to monitoring their child's internet content? There are enough parental control tools out there.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Texas residents who visit the site are met with a message from the company that criticizes the state’s elected officials who are requiring them to track the age of users.
The company said the newly passed law impinges on “the rights of adults to access protected speech” and fails to pass strict scrutiny by “employing the least effective and yet also most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas’s stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors.”
“Attempting to mandate age verification without any means to enforce at scale gives platforms the choice to comply or not, leaving thousands of platforms open and accessible,” the message said, adding that “very few sites are able to compare the robust Trust and Safety measures we currently have in place.”
“Until the real solution is offered, we have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to our website in Texas,” the company said, first reported by the Houston Chronicle.
Paxton released a statement on March 8, calling the ruling an “important victory.” The court ruled that the age verification requirement does not violate the First Amendment, Paxton said, saying he won in the fight against Pornhub and other pornography companies.
The law asks users to provide government-issued identification or public or private data to verify they are of age to access the site.
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yes they so, they ask nicely lol
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stupid republicans. they were convinced that by putting the squeeze on pornhub they could dictate how that site operates when
this law proves these people have no goddamned clue how the internet works.
They're used to being blocked by little desert theocracies around the world. Another one isn't a big deal
Ref: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/14/porn-texas-shut-down/72976270007/
3 isn’t even true. Any child capable of reading has the ability to input their parents info, meaning a bypass for this stupid law is in every single home across the country that has an adult in it.