Pornhub to block Arizona when state's new porn access law starts
tucson.com
Starting Friday, Arizonans will have to prove they're old enough to access nude photos and sexual activity online.
  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    312·
    2 days ago

    Me visiting me in 1998:

    “So, yeah, the United States has fallen to fascism, it’s all over but the shouting. Donald Trump is the President for the second time. Yes, that Donald Trump. Censorship is the rule of the day and the only major corporation to stand against it, taking a hit to their own profits, is the internet’s largest focal point for porn, a sort of hub for porn.”

    “You are clearly demented. Get the fuck out of my house old man.”

    • Lukas Murch@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      “Wow, a second time? He must have done really well the first time!”

      Yeah, not really. He tanked the economy into nearly a recession, then over 1M people eventually died from a respiratory virus, he lost re-election, failed to lead a coup, then was convicted of 34 felonies but the judicial department slow-walked until he was re-elected again. Yeah. 2020s have been rough.

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      I wouldn’t really describe complying with a law as taking a stand against it. Pornhub blocks all US states which require ID verification.

      • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Which is ridiculous if you think about it. The whole point of a website is that the visitor goes to them. Unless their servers are located in a place that place should have no jurisdiction or authority over them whatsoever.

        • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
          5·
          1 day ago

          Yeah, I their their proposed option of using standardized tags for content blockers for parents to use is much more sensible. But this law isn’t about protecting children, it’s about control and seeing what they can get away with. With the stir about transgender people being classified as nihilistic violent extremists the idea of seeing discussion of LGBT topics online as “obscene” and requiring submitting your ID to do is not far fetched.

      • hector@lemmy.todayEnglish
        42·
        2 days ago

        They are not complying with the law, if they were complying with the law they would be doing age verification and collecting everyone’s information in a masturbator base.

        • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
          33·
          2 days ago

          They are not displaying content that requires age verification in those jurisdictions. That’s compliant.

          • hector@lemmy.todayEnglish
            62·
            2 days ago

            Exactly, they are not doing the age verification. What would you have them do?

            • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
              2·
              1 day ago

              I’m not “having them do” anything, I’m saying that if you don’t serve content that requires age verification in jurisdictions where that content requires age verification then that’s complying with the law. That’s it.

              • hector@lemmy.todayEnglish
                2·
                1 day ago

                They came out against it publicly and then stopped providing their service rather than complying. I do not know what else you could ask of them. If that continued to provide pornography despite the law without the age verification they would face massive civil penalties that could get enforced through courts, and possible massive criminal penalties, and the prosecutors in those shit holy States would love it.

                I do not think the pouring companies have done anything wrong. None should contribute to the masturbator base. It is a betrayal of our freedom and should be recognized as such and met with contempt and ridicule.