Pornhub Blocks Access in Two States Over Privacy Concerns With Age Verification Laws
- Pornhub apologized to users in Mississippi and Virginia who were blocked due to new laws requiring age verification on adult websites.
- Similar age verification laws have been passed in conservative areas of the US, with legislation failing to pass in other states.
- Pornhub believes that device-based age verification is a better solution than requiring ID and that states are not effectively regulating enforcement of these laws.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation criticizes age verification mandates as surveillance systems that pose privacy issues.
- Pornhub is blocking users in Mississippi and Virginia due to laws requiring age verification that the company sees as unfair and a threat to user privacy.
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