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Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect | The website says the states' ID requirement would put users' privacy at risk (www.engadget.com)

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Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect | The website says the states' ID requirement would put users' privacy at risk::Montana and North Carolina are the latest to join the list of states with age verification laws for adult platforms.

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[-] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 67 points 10 months ago

I'm in a neighboring state and it's about 50/50 that my ISP gives me an IP address that geolocates to NC. So right now I'm blocked from the site. I don't go there often but it's lame.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 69 points 10 months ago

It also works the other way. A lot of people in state are going to have IP addresses that appear out of state.

All in all, using IP to establish a physical address is VERY imperfect. Especially if you’re targeting people over cellular networks or networks in larger commercial properties.

I look forward to watching people try to sue porn sites that are actively trying to block access to a state.

This is going to be a shit show. It’s a law passed by people who don’t understand the underlying tech.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 10 months ago

How exactly would they have cause to sue? “I wasn’t able to wank, so I was harmed.”

Unless these are paying customers? But in that case, the ToS likely explicitly says PH has the right to pull access for any reason, or a specific list of reasons.

A company like PH has lawyers, guaranteed. They wouldn’t be making these moves if they weren’t absolutely certain they were covered legally. It’s not like it’s a mom and pop porn shop.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I meant that the state is going to be in court with PornHub, because PornHub is not able to fully comply with their dumb law.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Complain to your isp

[-] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I can barely get them to provide basically adequate service that doesn't meet the FCC definition of broadband. They won't care, lol.

[-] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I understand you shouldn't have to do this but Its insanely easy to use a vpn nowadays. Download and run , paid and unpaid

[-] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago

Thats is unfortunate for those citizens with no access to a VPN.

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[-] GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 10 months ago

Nothing quite like big government Republicans passing ineffective laws, while trying to claim they are the small government party. This only affects the big sites, the American sites, and the legally aligned sites. But hey, if they want more adults and children exposed to the shadier sides of the internet, so be it.

[-] abort_christian_babies@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fragile conservative white males always shooting themselves in the dicks. The biggest consumers of trans, femboy, and gay porn.

https://medium.com/@AnnaBrianna/the-red-states-watch-the-most-trans-porn-5d432b9f0141

https://www.salon.com/2016/05/21/the_red_state_gay_porn_habit_why_conservative_states_like_mississippi_and_north_carolina_lead_the_nation_in_same_sex_porn_consumption/

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[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 30 points 10 months ago

They should put the block in place before the law gets written to rally support against it

[-] RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 7 points 10 months ago

When the UK was dead set on rolling out verification for porn, wasn’t Mindgeek (Pornhubs parent company) pushing its AgeID technology?

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