Pornhub Is Pulling Out of Florida
gizmodo.com
Starting January 1, Floridians can no longer legally come to Pornhub.

At the dawn of the new year, Pornhub will leave Florida. Thanks to a harsh new age verification law that takes effect on January 1, the porn giant will no longer do business in the sunshine state. The law mirrors similar laws passed in other Republican led states where Pornhub has stopped doing business.

  • FurtiveFugitive@lemm.eeEnglish
    67·
    2 days ago

    There will now be over 115 million Americans affected by this growing ban. Now over one third of the population, yes a full 34.4%, will not be able to access pornhub in their state without using a VPN. And we all know they are coming for the VPN next.

    • Scubus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      20·
      1 day ago

      The real issue is that most people dont know how to use vpns. So they just go to sketchier websites.

    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.eeEnglish
      381·
      2 days ago

      And more importantly, these laws are written so broadly that these age verification laws can be applied to any website that the state government doesn’t like whether they host porn or not. CNN posts article about killings in Gaza? That’s not appropriate for children so ID needed. Left-wing forum that’s critical of the local Republican government? Well that’s not appropriate for children either so we’ll need to see the IDs of everyone that has ever visited the site.

      I hope these laws get overturned sooner than later but I won’t hold my breath.

      • dubyakay@lemmy.caEnglish
        171·
        1 day ago

        CNN posts article about killings in Gaza?

        The only killings in Gaza CNN would post about is IDF and hostage deaths.

        • CmdrShepard42@lemm.eeEnglish
          91·
          1 day ago

          I literally thought the same thing while writing it, but still wanted to use a mainstream source as an example.

    • Rekorse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      219·
      22 hours ago

      Slippery slope is nonsense. We dont allow a bunch of other things for children, its not any different because the company would rather stop selling altogether then to adjust for regulations.

      A lot of people here are acting like free access to any type of pornography is a net benefit for society as well, which I find strange.