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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  • hactar42@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    I wouldn’t put it past these lawmakers to be investors in VPN companies, so they can make money off of these laws.

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      2 hours ago

      Why not also the company that does the IDs?

      And hell, also the porn site?

      Its all a big money making scheme. Security theater bullshit.