Starting Friday, Arizonans will have to prove they're old enough to access nude photos and sexual activity online.

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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Me visiting me in 1998:

"So, yeah, the United States has fallen to fascism, it's all over but the shouting. Donald Trump is the President for the second time. Yes, that Donald Trump. Censorship is the rule of the day and the only major corporation to stand against it, taking a hit to their own profits, is the internet's largest focal point for porn, a sort of hub for porn."

"You are clearly demented. Get the fuck out of my house old man."

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I wouldn't really describe complying with a law as taking a stand against it. Pornhub blocks all US states which require ID verification.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Which is ridiculous if you think about it. The whole point of a website is that the visitor goes to them. Unless their servers are located in a place that place should have no jurisdiction or authority over them whatsoever.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, I their their proposed option of using standardized tags for content blockers for parents to use is much more sensible. But this law isn't about protecting children, it's about control and seeing what they can get away with. With the stir about transgender people being classified as nihilistic violent extremists the idea of seeing discussion of LGBT topics online as "obscene" and requiring submitting your ID to do is not far fetched.

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    They are not displaying content that requires age verification in those jurisdictions. That's compliant.

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    I'm not "having them do" anything, I'm saying that if you don't serve content that requires age verification in jurisdictions where that content requires age verification then that's complying with the law. That's it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    "Wow, a second time? He must have done really well the first time!"

    Yeah, not really. He tanked the economy into nearly a recession, then over 1M people eventually died from a respiratory virus, he lost re-election, failed to lead a coup, then was convicted of 34 felonies but the judicial department slow-walked until he was re-elected again. Yeah. 2020s have been rough.

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