As of today, three more states join the list of 17 that can't access Pornhub because of age verification laws.
  • @Trantarius@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1•4 months ago

    If they actually wanted to protect children, the answer is simple: reverse the responsibilities. Require porn sites to include metadata indicating it isn’t safe for minors. Require browsers to recognize that metadata, and filter out that content if parental controls are enabled. If parents are still too lazy to turn it on, make it default (like “safe search”, but more effective). The fact none of them have even suggested this is proof they don’t care about children or even porn, they just want to be seen as if they do.

    • @limerod@reddthat.com
      1•4 months ago

      Parental control software like Adguard or Adguard DNS family protection, filter out NSFW content like this website. A website doesn’t even need to do a thing for it to work.

    • @tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1•4 months ago

      Honestly, it might be a good thing long-run to have a higher percentage of users on VPNs. They aren’t a magic cure-all, but they do help make it safer to use untrusted networks and discourage some things on the service side, like geolocating and data-mining users based on IP.

      “This might address some security problems” is somewhat abstract to appeal to most users, I think. “VPN or no tits” is something that I think is more generally-relatable.

  • @sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
    1•4 months ago

    The exact phrasing varies, but in most states, the details of the law are the same: Any “commercial entity” that publishes “material harmful to minors” online can be held liable—meaning, tens of thousands of dollars in fines and/or private lawsuits—if it doesn’t “perform reasonable age verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material.”

    Sure seems like that would cover a lot of websites, including most news sites.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashedEnglish
    1•4 months ago

    This legislation was sponsored by NORD VPN

    Join now for 50% off by using the promo code: REPUBLIC OF GILEAD

    (or just sneak into your parents bedroom closet and watch the live show, if you are Alabamian)