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Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in::Pornhub operator MindGeek has blocked all users in Arkansas from the site after the state’s new age verification law went into effect.

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[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ohhhh fuck is it viewer's age verification.. I assumed it was the people in the porn... As if this is gonna stop horny kids from seeing porn

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 18 points 1 year ago

It's to stop people from watching porn, they don't care about kids.

[–] deong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

yeah, the smart teenager is going to be charging the adults in his life $50 to get their porn working again.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty sure PH already requires ID for people in porn. That's why they wiped half the uploads some years ago pending accounts verifying themselves.