Another win against the pornography industry approaches in the form of a new Florida bill. The law, aiming at online protections for minors, has had the same fortunate result as many others: a statewide self-ban by Pornhub.
It has happened in 13 states so far. Louisiana led with an age-verification bill, and then several states adopted the same model. Rather than comply with the new law, Pornhub blocked access to itself in each state involved.
The site claims that “safety and compliance are at the forefront” of its mission. And because the ID card upload requirements that now are in place endanger children’s privacy and are ineffective, from Pornhub’s standpoint, the organization cannot support the law. Nevermind that children will not be uploading their own IDs as valid means of entry or that safety is undeniably not the name of the game for Pornhub, or that deterrents…
