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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  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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    8 hours ago

    The closest anyone gets to benevolent leadership is their own parents

    Which just so happens to be the people who should be responsible for monitoring internet usage. This is a job for parents, not the government.