Pornhub no longer accessible in Texas due to age verification laws

[midian182]

What just happened? Bad news for Texas residents who enjoy a relaxing visit to Pornhub. The state is joining the list of places that cannot access the adult entertainment website due to local laws that require porn sites to verify visitors' ages, which involves handing over sensitive information. Other companies owned by parent Aylo, including YouPorn and Brazzers, are also blocked in Texas.

Texas has been involved in a legal battle with Pornhub/Aylo since the company sued the state last year in an attempt to stop the age-verification law (and a requirement to include health warnings on porn sites), arguing that it violated free speech protections.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled against Aylo, citing a 1968 US Supreme Court decision preventing the sale of obscene materials to minors. As a result, Aylo has disabled its websites in the state.

Texas is joining Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Utah, Montana, and North Carolina in requiring porn site to verify visitors' ages.

Aylo – formerly called Mindgeek – says that the most effective solution for protecting children is to identify users by their devices and allow access to age-restricted material based on that identification. It claims that handing over ID card details every time someone wants to visit an adult platform is not the most effective solution for protecting users, and will actually put children and privacy at risk and increase the likelihood of data breaches.

"Unfortunately the Texas law for age verification is ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous. Not only will it not actually protect children, it will inevitably reduce content creators' ability to post and distribute legal adult content and directly impact their ability to share the artistic messages they want to convey with it," said Alex Kekesi, vice president of brand and community at Aylo.

PornHub complied with the age-verification law in the first state that implemented it, Louisiana, using the LA Wallet app, a Louisiana government mobile app that creates a digital version of a Louisiana Driver's License. But it started blocking access in subsequent states that introduced similar laws.

"Sites like PornHub are on the run because Texas has a law that aims to prevent them from showing harmful, obscene material to children," said state Attorney General Ken Paxton. "In Texas, companies cannot get away with showing porn to children. If they don't want to comply, good riddance."

Aylo says it is now reviewing its options with its legal team and will continue to challenge the Texas law. Expect to see VPN downloads in the state skyrocket, as was the case in other areas where the sites were blocked.

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[maxxcool7421]

Oh have no fear ... texas senators, congressman and priests will complain enough to get that repelled to get back to their favorite sexually ambiguous porn.

 

[Eldrach]

Texas - where you’re not allowed to Masturbate, but you’re encouraged to own a firearm.

 

[takaozo]

This is one crazy world we live in...

 

[stewi0001]

As much as I get the concern about wanting to protect youth from accessing porn, this is not the way to do it. It comes down to families teaching kids and etc.

In other words, the government should be doing more to support the family unit. A lot of families are busy struggling to provide and often require duel incomes. There are also parents that don't care about their kids. Their are a ton of other scenarios.

All I am try to say is strengthen, improve, etc. the family unit and teach people correct principles and let them govern themselves.

 

[Ohnooze]

I think every state should do this with all this kind of content. Kids are seeing way too much at way too young of an age. Go Texas!

 

[yRaz]

I think every state should do this with all this kind of content. Kids are seeing way too much at way too young of an age. Go Texas!

Music videos are more pornographic than lots of pornhub content. And kids aren't as dumb as we think they are, they know about proxies and VPNs. This isn't going to stop them, you can't fight with puberty

 

[Ohnooze]

Music videos are more pornographic than lots of pornhub content. And kids aren't as dumb as we think they are, they know about proxies and VPNs. This isn't going to stop them, you can't fight with puberty

This is true. There will be all kinds of work arounds. But maybe the really young ones will be held back for a bit.

 

[Jrfeimst2]

And most kids probably know about VPN to get around this dumb ruling. This is only blocking adults that don’t know about vpns and refuse to give out their DL. This isn’t going to stop any teen from finding porn.

 

[wiyosaya]

Oh the horror. Texas can try to stop this all they want, but typically, IMO, the more you tell someone they cannot have something, the more they will try to get it.

 

[Puiu]

VPN providers

 

[Theinsanegamer]

And most kids probably know about VPN to get around this dumb ruling. This is only blocking adults that don’t know about vpns and refuse to give out their DL. This isn’t going to stop any teen from finding porn.

Most kids these days can barely read or write, if it isn’t a pre installed app on their phone or on tik tok they don’t understand it. You should watch some of these kinds try to figure out how a web browser works….

As much as I get the concern about wanting to protect youth from accessing porn, this is not the way to do it. It comes down to families teaching kids and etc.

In other words, the government should be doing more to support the family unit. A lot of families are busy struggling to provide and often require duel incomes. There are also parents that don't care about their kids. Their are a ton of other scenarios.

All I am try to say is strengthen, improve, etc. the family unit and teach people correct principles and let them govern themselves.

That would require the government to admit that it has been tearing apart the family unit for decades and require them to hold voters accountable for their actions. These are both things that will NEVER happen.

 

[Ohnooze]

Texas - where you’re not allowed to Masturbate, but you’re encouraged to own a firearm.

No one is encouraged to own a weapon but if you feel the need to protect yourself, you have the option. And no worries....no one will stop you from playing with yourself.
What I find more disturbing these days is the option to take your children to drag shows. These men dressed as woman freak dancing for children. I mean how demented does someone have to be to take kids to these places....sad.

 

[yRaz]

No one is encouraged to own a weapon but if you feel the need to protect yourself, you have the option. And no worries....no one will stop you from playing with yourself.
What I find more disturbing these days is the option to take your children to drag shows. These men dressed as woman freak dancing for children. I mean how demented does someone have to be to take kids to these places....sad.

I live in PA, we are decresssingly a "pro gun" state. I've always held the mentality of, "don't want one? Don't buy one." I've never been a gun guy but I've always been pro gun. The majority of guns used in crimes are obtained illegally anyway

 

[Ohnooze]

I live in PA, we are decresssingly a "pro gun" state. I've always held the mentality of, "don't want one? Don't buy one." I've never been a gun guy but I've always been pro gun.

I'm the same way. I have one that was given to me by my father but I have never even fired it and don't care to, to be honest.

The majority of guns used in crimes are obtained illegally anyway

Exactly. I do believe in limits on what someone can have but I'm no fan of removing people's option to protect themselves. Criminals will get their weapons either way.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

And most kids probably know about VPN to get around this dumb ruling. This is only blocking adults that don’t know about vpns and refuse to give out their DL. This isn’t going to stop any teen from finding porn.

-Forget VPN, its called taking a picure of mom or dad's Driver's license and using it *to log into PH* every time you want to rub one out...

Can't wait for that database to "accidentally" leak...

 

[RudyBob]

This is a good thing. There is far to much porn available. For everyone that is against this please ask yourself if you want your 10 year old watching gaping videos? If you do or don't care then I understand your distress at an attempt to push the envelope toward a more decent society

 

[Beerfloat]

You can tell a lot about a state by its priorities. This probably shouldn’t be one.

Morality issues not involving crime are something states should be wary of wading into.

 

[Squid Surprise]

From the same mindset that brought prohibition... and that worked out so well for everyone...

This is the problem with a culture that thinks that sex is awful but violence is ok...

Honestly, I'd rather have my children watch someone having sex than watching someone shoot someone.... what are they actually going to do when they grow up? I'm HOPING that they'll be having sex - but I REALLY hope they aren't killing anyone.

 

[Homerlovesbeer]

Texas - where you’re not allowed to Masturbate, but you’re encouraged to own a firearm.

Actually that's not true, you can wank all you like, purchase adult content freely, but Texas don't want kids exposed to porn.
What's your issue with that?
Honestly, free porn shouldn't even be a thing. Pre Pornhub era all porn had to be paid for which meant a lot less likely that kids could freely consume it.

 

[takaozo]

Honestly, free porn shouldn't even be a thing. Pre Pornhub era all porn had to be paid for which meant a lot less likely that kids could freely consume it.

I'm using the Internet since 1996 and the only paid content I seen was live sesions.
Ofc there are some paid content sites, but BBS, ODC and later torrents had it all for free.

 

[Ohnooze]

First of all, I have nothing against kids viewing porn - provided it’s between consenting adults.

Interesting. At what age exactly? You do realize that kids can easily get addicted to the stuff. It's VERY common.

will have ZERO effect in limiting children viewing porn

Not true. Very young kids will not know how to get around it. Teens are a different story though.

the only way to limit it is to have PARENTS educate their children and supervise their online time

Not true. From what I have seen that has no real impact and usually only makes them curious. Plus it's not like history could not be deleted.

 

[Squid Surprise]

Interesting. At what age exactly? You do realize that kids can easily get addicted to the stuff. It's VERY common.

Not true. Very young kids will not know how to get around it. Teens are a different story though.

Not true. From what I have seen that has no real impact and usually only makes them curious. Plus it's not like history could not be deleted.

1: any age - provided they are educated ahead of time by their parents and have talked about it. Sex is a natural thing - there’s no reason to instill a stigma on it.

2: while pornhub may be gone, there are literally MILLIONS of porn sites that are accessible and they can’t all be blocked. If your child wants to see porn, there is no way to stop them.

3: proper education from PARENTS does work - not in preventing your child from accessing porn - but in helping them understand that sex is a natural thing and that there is nothing wrong with it - provided that the people involved consent to it.

 

[Ohnooze]

1: any age - provided they are educated ahead of time by their parents and have talked about it. Sex is a natural thing - there’s no reason to instill a stigma on it.

2: while pornhub may be gone, there are literally MILLIONS of porn sites that are accessible and they can’t all be blocked. If your child wants to see porn, there is no way to stop them.

3: proper education from PARENTS does work - not in preventing your child from accessing porn - but in helping them understand that sex is a natural thing and that there is nothing wrong with it - provided that the people involved consent to it.

It's not about putting a stigma on it. There are plenty of mental health problems that come from it. A twisted view of what it is and how to treat someone is also a problem. Having sex at young ages creates broken families, fatherless homes and spreads STDs. And yes exposing them to it will likely lead to them experimenting at early ages.
How twisted do you have to be to sit your 5 year old down in front of a TV to watch some chick getting thrashed by some dude. Yeah SOME of it is natural and MOST of it online isn't and your kids shouldn't be seeing any of it.
Man it's no wonder these kids these days are so screwed up. There is so much wrong and twisted about what you just posted.....just wow.

 

[Nobina]

There's a million similar sites, this is literally pretending they are doing something.