Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing the site

Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing... by LegitShady on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:37PM (#35790242)

Canada's similar bill just passed senate reading on the 18th and needs to go to the house. It just says "sexually explicit material" and I'm having trouble finding an exact definition because its changed a bunch and I can't find the current definition.

https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/s-210

https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65388255

I'm not sure where else these bills are being passed but it seems more or less in concert you will have to use a government approved age verification system to access porn, which may kill it off as I don't think people want to give the government information on what porn they watch.

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Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing... by Mindwipe on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:45PM (#35790366)

France and Germany too.

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Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing... by int_19h on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:08PM (#35793397)

It won't kill it, it just means that porn sites will be hosted outside of those jurisdictions, and people will use VPNs to access them if needed (which, ironically, might actually spread awareness of VPNs in general, making it harder to regulate other online content in the future).

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Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing... by LegitShady on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:16PM (#35793498)

I believe one of the largest companies, mindgeek, is luxembourghian for tax status but operates more or less out of canada.

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