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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)

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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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[-] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Time to either quit porn or start downloading. It's over.

[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Or just VPN, I assume that's what most people are doing in those states.

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[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 days ago

Any site that makes me do this immediately loses my traffic and I go to tor or a service that doesnt give a shit about us law.

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[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 days ago

Don't forget to bring your copy of Chairman Trump's little thin-blue-line book when you leave the house, patriot! Otherwise the little 'murica-guards will get you!

[-] Jinarched@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

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[-] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

I can't possibly see how this ends poorly.

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[-] ssfckdt 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Show them your O face

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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago

“Under his eye.”

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 3 days ago

But in other news, VPNs are now really popular for some reason.

[-] hactar42@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 days ago

I wouldn't put it past these lawmakers to be investors in VPN companies, so they can make money off of these laws.

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[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You can still hold up a picture of Norman Reedus to bypass age checks right?

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[-] percent@infosec.pub 14 points 3 days ago

🤔 I'm not sure that lawmakers really understand what they're up against. If most VPN locations all eventually require government ID for porn, then some people will likely seek porn from places/networks that are... Less legitimate.

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