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Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn (www.404media.co)

submitted 2 days ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive age verification laws that require adults to hand over their biometric and personal identification to access legal porn.

Missouri became the 25th state to enact its own age verification law on Sunday. As it’s done in multiple other states, Pornhub and its network of sister sites—some of the largest adult content platforms in the world—pulled service in Missouri, replacing their homepages with a video of performer Cherie DeVille speaking about the privacy risks and chilling effects of age verification.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 402 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Everyone who ever submits for age verification will have their information stolen. It is a matter of when, not if.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 125 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

I mean, a VPN is way cheaper than whatever hoops Idaho wants you to jump through to watch some 10/10 goth hottie get their ass eaten.

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago (22 children)

Yea, but soon we’ll have no states to vpn to, and we will have to start using the Quebec servers, then all the websites will be in French and I’ll have to learn a new language.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Never thought I would live to see this day. Utterly pathetic. I remember even 20 years ago online censorship was extremely taboo.

Making it easy for normies to get online was a massive blunder.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The death of freedoms by the day.

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[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago

Watch them retreat once Grindr states that due to increasing safeguards and transparency, all of their files will be released to the public.

[–] tym@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

ITT: People who don't realize the advanced nature of fingerprinting that makes VPNs nearly useless in an authoritarian environment

https://www.browserleaks.com/

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[–] TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 131 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

That will protect the children, for sure.

If I lived in the US, I'd be far more concerned about sending my kids to school but whatever.

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[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Children browsing the ugliest part of the dark web in 3... 2... 1...

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 54 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I'll end up becoming an artist and drawing my own porn before I give my ID to a website to view it.

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[–] ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Show them your O face

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 59 points 2 days ago (5 children)

*half of the us requires you to "visit" iceland to watch porn

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[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Fortunately lawmakers think all internet porn is on PornHub and that you find it by going to w-w-w dot yahoo dot com and typing "sex video" or "naked ladies" in the search thing.

The only porn they have experience with are polaroid photos that they got from a friend who knows a guy who makes tasteful art for clients with "particular tastes."

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