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.
  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
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    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
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      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
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        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
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              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.