nateshelley's comments

Which makes sense, and also sounds like applying monetary pressure, say losing access to multiple states in the US, would incentivize prioritizing some engineers into solving this. The reason it doesn't exist yet, is because we've collectively decided through indifference and inaction that an "I swear bro" button is fine in the virtual world, but not the physical, and have now learned that it's not enough.

> would not respect the privacy of the people

How does age verification break privacy? I have to show ID to get into an adult "bookstore," to enter a bar, or purchase alcohol. I have to show ID to check into my hotel, get through airport security, drive my car, buy Pseudo. Are you saying there is absolutely no way to perform this action online in a way that respects privacy just the same as all of those operations? No way at all to do a verification that's immediately tossed in a privacy preserving way?

If so, then it sounds like maybe things that require age verification shouldn't be allowed to operate on the internet.

Surely the title is misleading in that Pornhub is the entity blocking those states from accessing it, as they choose to not follow the new law. As-is it reads like the states are the ones blocking it, which they are not. They're simply asking for more than an "I promise I'm 18" button.