Pornhub cuts off more US users in ongoing protest over age-verification laws (arstechnica.com)

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Pornhub now blocks access to users in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

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[-] sfera@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Relevant quote:

[...] it's important to understand that these laws are less about protecting minors, and more about restricting the open Internet. State-level regulations that primarily target adult sites are tremendously ineffective at keeping minors from accessing adult content.

I'm not sure, besides pornography, what qualifies as adult content. Could things like Lemmy be affected by such laws?

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