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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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[-] pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

The most important issue facing the world: Someone might be jerking off in the privacy of their own home.

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm just over here in "hellscape" California enjoying the freedom to not have to do this, and I can walk down the street to the weed shop, and my girlfriend still has basic human rights over her own body.

Do any other states, like Texas, need some of our freedom? We've got some to spare.

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[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

Someday, we will be using AI to generate fake IDs and faces, simply because our governments refuse to respect our privacy. They will have uncanny resemblance to political critters who enacted the surveillance.

As with everything born of enshittification, I do not know if this is to be a lame joke or reality. 😒

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[-] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

But gun control is too hard. smh

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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

“Under his eye.”

[-] entwine@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

I just remembered that I'm the guy everyone in my family goes to when they need someone to scan their ID or passport for whatever stupid bullshit.

Guess it's time to sign all my conservative family members up to gay porn websites!

[-] devolution@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Can I use my O face for verfication?

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[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t get the purpose of this.

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine the consequences of needing to give your ID to watch gay porn as a gay person in a red state.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

You clearly haven't thought of the children.

Nah it's just a precursor to having all your online activity tied directly to your identity. That's the purpose. I'm sure plenty of misguided elders in government think it's about saving kids from porn though.

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[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

In other news VPN use in the US is soaring to new heights.

[-] rockettaco37@feddit.nu 3 points 2 weeks ago

Land of the free, eh guys?

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

About eight years ago, I moved out of the US to a Third World country but each day it feels less and less like a Third World country.

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[-] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

bless their repressed hearts

[-] melfie@lemy.lol 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Only websites hosted by landlubbers are bound by such laws.

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