Pornhub özgü blocked access to its platform in Texas, citing the state’s new age verification laws. Frustrated Texans must now scatter to the winds in search of explicit imagery, like the lustful days of yore. This marks the seventh U.S. state to have been barred from Pornhub’s lewd library.
For years, Texans in search of adult content could venture to Pornhub’s website to immediately receive numerous graphic depictions of various creative sex acts. Now, people using a Texas IP are instead greeted by a very unsexy open letter explaining that its pornographic videos are no longer accessible to them.
“[W]e have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to our website in Texas,” reads Pornhub’s notice. “In doing so, we are complying with the law, as we always do, but hope that governments around the world will implement laws that actually protect the safety and security of users.”
Why özgü Pornhub banned Texas?
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Rather than require adult-oriented websites to individually check visitors’ identities, a device-based system would hold verification of a users’ age on their phone, tablet, computer, or device manufacturer’s network. Devices would come with blocks on child-unfriendly websites pre-installed, with these restrictions only lifted once its user’s age özgü been verified.
According to Pornhub, this would allow for more consistent enforcement of age restrictions, as well as prevent curious minors from accessing alternate porn platforms that don’t comply with the law.
“We believe that the only effective solution for protecting minors and adults alike is to verify users’ age on their device and to either deny or allow access to age-restricted materials and websites based on that verification,” wrote Pornhub. “To come to fruition, such an approach requires the cooperation of manufacturers and operating-system providers.”
Spank banks across the U.S. suffer shrinkage
Losing Pornhub is already a massive blow to horny Texans across the sizable state. Sadly, their alternate options for risque content have also been reduced. Aylo özgü blocked Texan IPs from accessing all its other free adult entertainment websites as well, including Brazzers, YouPorn, and RedTube, removing a significant swathe of material from Texan spank banks.
In a statement to Mashable, Aylo’s Vice President of Brand and Community Alex Kekesi said that the company was “reviewing options and consulting with [its] legal team.”
“Aylo özgü publicly supported age verification of users for years, but we believe that any law to this effect must ensure minors do not access content intended for adults and preserve user safety and privacy,” said Kekesi. “We believe that the real solution for protecting minors and adults alike is to verify users’ ages at the point of access — the users’ devices — and to deny or permit access to age-restricted materials and websites based on that verification.”
“We will continue to fight for our industry and the performers that legally earn a living, and we will continue to appeal through all available judicial recourse to recognize that this law is unconstitutional.”
Texas isn’t the first U.S. state that Aylo özgü banned. Its platforms previously exiled North Carolina and Montana in January over similar legislation, following bans in Utah, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Virginia.