You Now Need a Government ID to Access Pornhub in Louisiana
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Viewing Pornhub while in Louisiana now requires providing a driver's license to verify your age.

Any site that is deemed to be "more than thirty-three and one-third percent of total material on a website" porn is required to ID Louisiana residents.

  • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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    2 years ago

    Won't this mean internet porn is now just banned in Louisiana? Surely places without ID verification systems (very expensive) aren't going to implement them just to "satisfy" the Louisiana market. They'll probably just block you instead so they don't get sued and make you use a VPN

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      According to the article pornhub is getting a third party to do it. But other websites not big enough to afford such or that have not implemented such a system are operating as normal or blocking Louisiana IPs

    • StewartCopelandsDad [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Pornhub is implementing it. Until affordable ID verification plugin services pop up, small US studios will just geoblock Louisiana and lose some customers. Probably Pornhub, Mindgeek, etc. are happy with it for this reason. Not sure how much of their competition is within reach of Louisiana courts; shady sites outside of the US won't bother implementing restrictions.