Pornhub makes it inaccessible in utah due to new law

Xerobull · May 9, 2023

LosPollosHermanos said: ↑

Because I'm anti-p*rn industry which has been found to traffic and abuse people routinely? Or does this valid article as below not sum things up for you. The second you aren't strongly liberal on this board you get attacked...

Pornhub blocks access in Utah to challenge age verification law
MindGeek believes requiring users to verify their ages with IDs isn't effective or secure.

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Mariella Moon
·Contributing Reporter
Tue, May 2, 2023 at 4:39 AM CDT·2 min read

Utah's age verification law, which targets publishers distributing material deemed to be "harmful to minors on the internet," has gone into effect. As a response, MindGeek has chosen to block everyone in the state from being able to access its websites, including Pornhub. As Motherboard reports, if somebody with a Utah IP address accesses Pornhub, they'll now be met with a video of adult performer Cherie DeVille. In it, DeVille explained that the company believes requiring users to submit their government IDs isn't the most effective solution to protecting its users and could even put their privacy at risk.

She continued that "mandating age verification without proper enforcement" has driven users to other sites with fewer safety measures in states with the same law. MindGeek believes that the most effective solution to identify users is by doing so through their device. "Until a real solution is offered, we have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to our website in Utah," DeVille said, ending the video with a plea for residents in the state to contact their representatives and demand device-based verification solutions.

In January, a law requiring adult websites to deploy age verification measures and ensure their visitors are 18 or older went into effect in Lousiana. Pornhub, however, didn't block all users in the state, and is currently verifying people's ages using Lousiana's digital wallet app for driver's licenses. A Pornhub spokesperson told us that Utah does have a digital wallet, but it can't be used online like Louisiana's. They said the Pornhub team did try to find a solution that uses it for age verification, but it ultimately didn't work. The spokesperson also revealed that despite complying with Louisiana law, the website's traffic has dropped 80 percent in the state since it started requiring ID-based age verification. Reiterating DeVille's statement, they said that the users Pornhub had lost likely just moved to other sites with fewer safety and privacy measures in place and that the only effective age verification solution is at the device level.

Laurie Schlegel, the Republication representative who spearheaded the age verification law in Lousiana, explained she championed the bill because she believes that the digital world needed adult-only zones, such as bars where patrons are asked for IDs. At least two dozen states, including Utah, followed Louisiana's example by introducing age verification legislation over the past year. So, even if Pornhub finds a way to unblock Utah residents, a lot of people elsewhere in the US might find themselves having to verify their ages on the website using a government ID.
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Wasn't meant to be an insult, just an observation, because lately you seem to assume the world sees everything exactly the way you do and post random **** with no context or reference. Just like Fatty did.

DaDakota · May 9, 2023

I was in Utah on Fri/Sat last week to pick up my youngest son after his sophomore year at the U.

And, of course, I had to see what showed up - and it was just a simple announcement to get your senators and congress to change the rules, that message won't do anything to the Mormon led congress there..

Poor UTAH folks need to learn 3 important letters now.

V
P
N

DD

FrontRunner · May 9, 2023

DaDakota said: ↑

I was in Utah on Fri/Sat last week to pick up my youngest son after his sophomore year at the U.

And, of course, I had to see what showed up - and it was just a simple announcement to get your senators and congress to change the rules, that message won't do anything to the Mormon led congress there..

Poor UTAH folks need to learn 3 important letters now.

V
P
N

DD
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I might be giving the kids in Utah too much credit, but I'm betting the ones that are old enough to be interested in p*rn are already familiar with those letters. It's Utah's adults that are going to lose their minds.

Ottomaton · May 9, 2023

VanityHalfBlack said: ↑

I live in alief, I have no choice but to pronhub. @Jontro
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Just a few miles away...

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/investigations/thetrack/

no_answer · May 9, 2023

Never heard of it

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