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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by mediocrejoker on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:44AM (#17144438)
>So wait, as a UK citizen I can use Pornhub's VPN to circumvent the UK Government's "Porn Filter", a system that's run by..... Pornhub.

I had no idea that PornHub is in charge of filtering adult content for the UK government. Got any more info about this relationship?

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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by stuaxo on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:14AM (#17144789)
A scheme, where other porn companies can pay them - and if they can't afford it, go out of business.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by monkeynotes on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:29PM (#17145634)
I don't really understand how a country can ask a website to comply with its laws if the content is not hosted in that country. I guess it could be asked to comply under threat of being blocked in response to non-compliance.

It's such a weird area.

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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by travmatt on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:59PM (#17145987)
If you change ‘website’ to ‘business’ and ‘hosted’ to ‘headquartered’ it’s straightforward and just as accurate.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by thomasahle on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:20PM (#17146202)
You could also argue it's like a shoe company based in the US, where UK people are ordering from them and asking them to ship it to the UK, while UK government threats to set up import restrictions.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by Immortalin on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:17PM (#17150146)
GDPR cough
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by bausshf on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:01AM (#17152001)
GDPR is not issued by a country though, but a commission.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by nailer on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:45AM (#17144451)
Duckduckgo 'Mindgeek age verification UK'
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by brettz on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:07AM (#17144700)
Mindgeek has an age verification product to comply with the UK law but by no means is in charge of age verification in the UK, there are several competitors with their own age verification products.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by nailer on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:30AM (#17144963)
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/porn-age-verificati...

> AgeID, has been developed by MindGeek, a company that also owns several pornographic websites including Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn.

> AgeID currently uses official documents such as driver's licences and passports to verify a person's age - but submitting a mobile number tied to a contract phone could be another option.

> The tool is due to be implemented from April 2018 across all adult sites within the UK in accordance with The Digital Economy Act 2017 that was laid out by the government.

It will be regulated by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by LinuxBender on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:28PM (#17147410)
It would be so much less overhead to require adult sites and user content driven sites to simply add the RTA adult header and put the responsibility on parents to use parental control software.

It looks like this:

    rating RTA-5042-1996-1400-1577-RTA
and it can be sent via http headers, or embeded in web pages.

Requiring people to register with PII is just asking for trouble.

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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by TheCoelacanth on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:55PM (#17150491)
Yeah, but that doesn't allow them to slip in authoritarianism via the backdoor.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by LinuxBender on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:45PM (#17155459)
Good point.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by brettz on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:03PM (#17145310)
The third point is incorrect. It will be implemented on Mindgeek sites and any other sites that wish to use it instead of the competing age verification products.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by merinowool on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:26PM (#17146249)
Such site should be illegal. I find it extraordinary that government lets private company record such sensitive information.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by wffurr on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:03PM (#17146614)
Now tell me how you feel about US credit rating agencies, which were started by former FBI agents after the FBI was restricted from keeping dossiers without cause.
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