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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits on Tuesday against the parent companies of Chaturbate and xHamster, claiming that the sites are not complying with the state’s controversial age verification law, HB 1181.

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[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 46 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I can't wait until the list of people that used the verification system gets exposed, and we will be able to see the same politicians on that lists that voted to implement the law.

EDIT: typo.

[-] Wiggle_Hard@hilariouschaos.com 6 points 7 months ago
[-] Manalith@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago

Companies should just publish the list as a form of malicious compliance as "proof" that the system works.

[-] TheAuthor_13@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

*sweats quietly in corner, hoping nobody notices

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