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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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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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Does this have any real effect on porn access legislation, though?

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Bearigator@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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I think the goal more than anything is to get people motivated to vote. They won’t change any minds, but they might get some people who might otherwise he apathetic to go out and vote out some of the idiots running these states.

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