Pornhub blocked all users in Arkansas after the state’s new age verification law went into effect on Tuesday. The law requires porn sites to verify that users are at least 18 years old. Pornhub argued that requiring ID verification actually harms users’ privacy and puts children at risk. MindGeek, Pornhub’s operator, has decided to block access from states with similar age verification laws. After complying with a similar law in Louisiana, Pornhub traffic dropped by 80%, so they decided blocking access entirely was preferable to implementing age verification.


States they have blocked for similar laws: Virginia, Utah, Mississippi.

In Louisiana the first state to do this they tried to comply and their traffic decreased by 80%.

  • @Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    81 year ago

    Oh no… people will have to visit one of the other 3,000 or so porn sites that are carbon copies of PH.

    • 👁️👄👁️
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      71 year ago

      PH isn’t the villain here… Also those sites would legally be required to block access as well.