Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.

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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    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I will not be responding to comments.

      Then fuck off. Like, actually. We’re not here for you to use to meet your emotional needs and not actually contribute.

    • fishy@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 months ago

      As the parent of a 4.5 year old I gotta say, what a stupid fucking take.

      • Megamanexent@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Glad I’m not the only one who thought that. It’s like justifying censorship because I don’t have the will power to control myself or parent my kids. Wow, that’s like announcing I’m a shit parent. I don’t think censorship will save ANYONE. A DCFS investigation might be more aligned.

        • fishy@lemmy.todayEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Not gonna fucking work anyhow. Prohibition doesn’t work, it hasn’t ever worked. If they can’t browse phub, they’ll find it somewhere else. You can find porn in fucking Roblox.

    • Megamanexent@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Maybe advocate for better living standards and wages? Means more time with family. Oh that’s wright, you just want to justify censorship

    • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      CinnamonRingCumGlaze86 will be significantly less able to use their 6th grade reading level to convince people that modern medicine is bad because Pre-Historical Witches didn’t have AIDS bro.

      You don’t need accounts tied to ID to ban such content.

        • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          That doesn’t make any sense. You wouldn’t have access to their ID. Even if you did, you’re saying you can tell someone is an idiot by what? How they look? Their country of residence? Their age?

            • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              2 months ago

              Not hard to imagine, people already have to manicure their facebook and other social media accounts because employers look at them. Just because you don’t want something attached to your name, doesn’t mean it’s stupid or bad. There are consequences for unapproved behavior and opinions, even if they’re not wrong or harmful.

              If you think anonymity is stupid, feel free to set your display name to your real name right here on lemmy.