Pornhub blocks access to entire state of Virginia

[hedora]

This similar Arkansas law is attracting lawsuits:

https://www.engadget.com/arkansas-passes-social-media-law-re...

Since DDG suggested searching for “arkansas age of consent” when I typed in “arkansas age verification”, I had to check:

https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/arkansas-sta...

So, it’s legal to have sex with 15 year olds there, but you can’t show them porn till they turn 18.

[Traubenfuchs]

It's 14 in half of Europe by the way.

[hinkley]

No mirrors then?

[bunga-bunga]

To be fair, unsupervised porn access isn’t great on young people, speaking from personal experience. I don’t think sex would necessarily be as damaging as porn (assuming condoms are used)

[isaacfrond]

For Europeans where this website is blocked:

https://archive.is/gIbkY

[philihp]

There's a lot of irony in this.

[lom888]

I had to throw my VPN on to see this, PornHub in Virginia now shows a message by Cherie Deville against age verification as it's currently being enforced.

[tylerag]

And if you're curious who Cherie Deville is, here's a mostly-sfw page: https://wikifid.com/cherie-deville/

[pfannkuchen]

This is impressive! I didn’t realize Pornhub even had a paramilitary wing, let alone one this effective. Hopefully the national guard will be able to handle the situation!

[kaashif]

I had a similar thought.

I think it should be "PornHub blocks access FOR the entire state of Virginia". Or maybe "from", but definitely not "to".

[DeathArrow]

I clicked the link to the article and I was welcomed with: "This site not available in your country"

At least, Pornhub doesn't block whole countries.

[iso1631]

In 100 years time when history students look back at the triggers of the American Civil Wars, this event will be up there with Fort Sumter.

[yellowseth]

A simple google search unblock pornhub will bring proxy sites that will unblock pornhub!! Very simple lol

[stevenicr]

How to quickly setup a VPN saas co?

There are plenty of adults who want to access these sites but will never upload a govt ID to one.

I could do some promos for VPNs, should I affiliate with one? Create a new service? Whitelabel from another service? I already imagine other ways to increase revenue while doing it.

[paddw]

I've heard a lot of people start from whitelabel Nord

[DeathArrow]

I wonder how many people will be moving out of state because of this.

[red-iron-pine]

probably not a ton. NoVA and a few other areas like Norfolk are wealthy because of tech and the military, and they'll just use VPNs. Rural VA still believes the Earth is 6000 years old and will embrace the new law.

[mock-possum]

I’m guessing zero

[asjfka]

So, Utah and Virginia want their residents to surrender their private informations to shaddy websites and Louisiana is disposed to itself provides these informations.

[WheelsAtLarge]

How are they doing the blocking. Is it by IP or geofencing? Neither of which is very accurate. How else can they do it?

[hardware2win]

Does it need to be 100% accurate?

[Mindwipe]

Ironically the Virginia Mercury also blocks access to me, presumably due to Cookie Consent.

[smt88]

On a more optimistic note, this is a painful (but relatively harmless) reminder to Virginians to participate in elections and elect better officials.

Unfortunately, people vote out of anger more often than they vote out of gratitude. Something low-stakes like this going wrong is going to ultimately increase engagement without any lasting damage. Yes, it's a slippery slope, but Virginia isn't slipping rapidly down it (yet).