On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 11:33:36 AM UTC-4, Lee wrote:
> Pornhub Blocks All of Utah From Its Site
> May 1, 2023
>
>
> In response to a new law that
> requires porn sites to verify
> users’ ages, Pornhub has
> completely disabled its websites
> for people located in Utah.
>
> As of today, anyone accessing
> Pornhub from a Utah-based IP
> address doesn’t see the Pornhub
> homepage, but instead is met
> with a video of Cherie DeVille,
> adult performer and member of
> the Adult Performer Advocacy
> Committee, explaining that they
> won’t be able to visit the site.
>
> In January, Pornhub started
> requiring identification from
> Louisiana-based users, following
> the passage of a law that makes
> porn sites liable for content
> deemed “harmful to minors.”
> Several copycat bills started
> moving through state legislatures
> with varying success, including
> in Arkansas, which recently
> passed its version into law.
>
> In 2016, Utah declared porn a “
> public health crisis,” and "an
> epidemic that is harming the
> citizens of Utah and the nation.”
> Members of the Church of Jesus
> Christ of Latter-day Saints have
> recently and historically
> represented the majority of
> legislators in Utah, and in
> 2009, Utah was considered the
> “online porn capital” of the
> United States, with the most
> porn consumers logging on in
> the nation. In 2021, Cox signed
> a law that would require device
> manufacturers to add adult
> content filters on all
> smartphones and tablets sold
> in Utah.
>
> Experts say that age
> verification doesn’t work to
> protect children online, and
> only works to drive material
> that is harmful to minors to
> less safe spaces on the
> internet, while exposing adults
> to more risk of identity theft,
> private data hacks, and
> extortion. Immediately after
> SB 287 passed the house and
> senate in Utah, residents
> there started discussing how
> best to use virtual private
> networks to keep accessing porn.
>
>
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kbkv/pornhub-blocks-utah-age-verificat
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So sad. Really.