Aylo Blocks Access to Pornhub in Montana and North Carolina Over Age Verification Laws
The company advocates for device-based identification as a safer alternative, while VPN searches surge in the affected states.
- Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, has blocked access to its sites in Montana and North Carolina in response to new age verification laws in these states.
- The laws require users to verify their age with a government ID before accessing adult content online, a measure Aylo argues puts users' privacy at risk.
- Instead of ID verification, Aylo advocates for device-based identification as a more effective and secure solution for age verification.
- Other states with similar age verification laws, including Louisiana, Utah, Arkansas, Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas, have also seen Aylo block access to its sites.
- Searches for 'VPN', a tool that could bypass these regional restrictions, have surged in Montana and North Carolina.
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