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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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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can I use my O face for verfication?

[–] coolmojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why don't they accept dick pic? That proves that you are an adult.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Not everyone has an "adult" sized dick. Also not everyone watching is male.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Maybe they think they're requiring verification, but they underestimate the Internet

[–] melfie@lemy.lol 5 points 1 day ago

I’m sure they’ll be getting a lot of photos with abnormally long noses and saggy, wrinkled, hairy chins.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sure enough the vast majority are Republican shithole states, although Virginia and Arizona are a surprise.

It's not that it's immortal to want IDs for porn (although GOP generally is immortal), it's just so... technologically stupid. The red states are stupid states.

[–] desi_touch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Applied for a permit to carry conflicting ideals. Denied for 'causing ideological clutter. 😗

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I question the validity of this article. According to my VPN this is not true.

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