Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in::Pornhub operator MindGeek has blocked all users in Arkansas from the site after the state’s new age verification law went into effect.

  • Spacemanspliff@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s the second one. I saw article where they talked how Florida was the first to pass it, pornhub put time and money into developing what they needed to comply and saw a 90% decrease in traffic because nobody wants to hand over their ID for free porn.

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      After MindGeek started complying with the Louisiana law earlier this year, the company said traffic dropped by 80 percent.

      It’s literally in the linked article lol

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      1 year ago

      Ohhhh fuck is it viewer’s age verification… I assumed it was the people in the porn… As if this is gonna stop horny kids from seeing porn

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        1 year ago

        yeah, the smart teenager is going to be charging the adults in his life $50 to get their porn working again.

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        1 year ago

        Pretty sure PH already requires ID for people in porn. That’s why they wiped half the uploads some years ago pending accounts verifying themselves.