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Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws(www.theverge.com)

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Pornhub has shut off access in Mississippi and Virginia to protest age verification laws that can involve checking government IDs. It previously blocked access in Utah.

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SpacemanZ@kbin.social
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This law is sponsored by Nord VPN

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kdj_770@vlemmy.net
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Right? It’s almost as if the “lawmakers” have no technical knowledge.

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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gasp surely they wouldn’t make laws without getting at least a rudimentary understanding of the subject material?

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jtk@lemmy.sdf.org
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I’ve never used Nord but the fact they’re the ones getting pushed on users by corporate “security” packages and identity theft FUD scammers indicates to me that Nord is the VPN “they” want you to use. Mullvad for the win.

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acedelgado@kbin.social
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This actually pushed me and a couple of friends to subscribe to Nord; I’d been thinking I should get a VPN for a while anyways. I looked through VPN’s and I ended up liking Nord’s feature set and price vs ExpressVPN. Never thought I’d use them back when they were EVERY video’s sponsor on YouTube lol.

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lenninscjay@lemm.ee
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If true that Nord lobbied for this, run away. That company will not respect your privacy.

Mullvad is decent and has a track record of being subpoenaed by LE but keeping nothing, so having nothing to show. Tho I’m sad they just got rid of port forwarding (only affects seeding torrents)

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Zlatil@lemm.ee
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Nord VPN also keeps logs and has handed them over to police forces.

So far I’m like the proton suite, have my email and VPN through them.

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lenninscjay@lemm.ee
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Sauce? Big if true but the self licking ice cream cone exists.

The largest non-ID age based verification company currently is owned by pornhub. So, them blocking access in states that aren’t cooperating (which the law is dumb anyway) is more than just a “we don’t agree with the law” it’s also, “we will hold your state hostage until you use our platform”

Sauce: https://medium.com/fingleton/dont-let-the-porn-block-give-mindgeek-a-monopoly-aafdfed270de

Plus the text on their website saying “there are other ID options” = “buy our service”

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gressen@lemm.ee
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I think op made a joke, there is no real evidence or suspicion, just half-serious conjecture.

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