Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states
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Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than a third of US states have now introduced restrictions for online adult content, blocking access to popular pornographic websites such as Pornhub. From 1 January, 2025, there are 17 states with restrictions in place after Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee became the latest to enforce over-18 age verification laws for viewing porn sites. “Aylo has publicly supported age verification of users for years, but we believe that any law to this effect must preserve user safety and privacy, and must effectively protect children from accessing content intended for adults,” a spokesperson said. Any regulations that require hundreds of thousands of adult sites to collect significant amounts of highly sensitive personal information is putting user safety in jeopardy.” The Independent has reached out to Pornhub for comment on the latest state restrictions.

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Judge largely blocks Tennessee’s porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs
2 days, 16 hours ago

Judge largely blocks Tennessee’s porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee law requiring pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age was largely blocked in court before it was to take effect Jan. 1, even as similar laws kicked in for Florida and South Carolina and remained in effect for more than a dozen other states. On Dec. 30, U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman in Memphis ruled …

Florida porn law sees 10-fold increase in VPN demand
3 days, 2 hours ago

Florida porn law sees 10-fold increase in VPN demand

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Florida and South Carolina have seen a massive surge in VPN use since …

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states
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5 days, 6 hours ago

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than a third of US states have now introduced restrictions for online …

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states
Trending News
1 week ago

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than a third of US states have now introduced restrictions for online …

New 2025 laws hit hot topics — including AI in movies and rapid-fire guns
1 week, 4 days ago

New 2025 laws hit hot topics — including AI in movies and rapid-fire guns

LA Times  

In California, where entertainment unions went on strike in 2023, new laws seek to require permission to use digital replicas, or artificial intelligence, of performers’ likenesses. Here’s a look at some of the most notable laws taking effect in various states: Hollywood stars and child influencers California, home to Hollywood and some of the largest technology companies, is seeking to …

New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns
1 week, 6 days ago

New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns

Associated Press  

Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Here’s a look at some of the most notable state laws taking effect: Hollywood stars and child influencers California, home to Hollywood and some of the largest technology companies, is seeking to rein in the artificial intelligence …

Florida becomes 13th US state to have Pornhub blocked, here are the other 12
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Florida becomes 13th US state to have Pornhub blocked, here are the other 12

Hindustan Times  

It has been reported that Pornhub is set to be blocked in 13 states in the US, with Florida being the latest. Florida becomes 13th US state to have Pornhub blocked, here are the other 12 Pornhub released its ‘Year in Review,’ which offered an idea about the kind of content people have been viewing this year. Following closely behind …

PETER VAN ONSELEN: Anthony Albanese has a big problem: PornHub
1 month, 2 weeks ago

PETER VAN ONSELEN: Anthony Albanese has a big problem: PornHub

Daily Mail  

The government's primary reason for imposing social media age limits is to protect children, so Anthony Albanese says. If Labor is really serious about the end goal of protecting Australian children from harmful content online, it is pretty hard to understand why banning social media sites matters but allowing free accessibility to Pornhub is fine and dandy. The government's primary …

Why Nebraskans can no longer use Pornhub
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Nebraskans can no longer use Pornhub

Raw Story  

LINCOLN — Nebraskans might need a new source for online smut, as Pornhub and its affiliates went dark Monday, a decision the website’s parent company promised after passage of a new state law. “I haven’t personally seen it, but from what I hear it’s not good for anyone.” Data risks real, critics say Critics of the law, including some who …

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal to upend Texas’ age verification law for porn websites
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal to upend Texas’ age verification law for porn websites

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal from the adult entertainment industry seeking to upend a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. In April, the high court turned aside an emergency appeal asking to put the age verification on hold while the legal fight continues. Last year, a …

Pornhub BANS five more states due to age verification laws - leaving more than 18 million Americans blocked from the X-rated site
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pornhub BANS five more states due to age verification laws - leaving more than 18 million Americans blocked from the X-rated site

Daily Mail  

More than 18 million Americans living in five states are set to join Pornhub's growing banned list due to lawmakers rolling out age restriction laws. More than 18 million Americans living in five states are set to join Pornhub's growing banned list due to lawmakers rolling out age restriction laws 'Since age verification software requires users to hand over extremely …

Here's why Pornhub plans to ban users in Nebraska — and 11 other states
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Here's why Pornhub plans to ban users in Nebraska — and 11 other states

Raw Story  

LINCOLN — Pornhub, one of the busiest websites for sexually explicit videos, is less than a month from going dark in Nebraska. Aylo, Pornhub’s parent company, confirmed to the Examiner on Tuesday that it plans to block access to its websites in Nebraska when the new law takes effect. “Aylo has publicly supported age verification of users for years, but …

Adult entertainment industry sues again over law requiring pornographic sites to verify users’ ages
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Adult entertainment industry sues again over law requiring pornographic sites to verify users’ ages

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages — one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country — is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request by the same group, the Free Speech Coalition, to block a similar law in Texas. …

Kansas moves to join Texas and other states in requiring porn sites to verify people’s ages
9 months, 1 week ago

Kansas moves to join Texas and other states in requiring porn sites to verify people’s ages

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is poised to require pornography websites to verify visitors are adults, a move that would follow Texas and a handful of other states despite concerns about privacy and how broadly the law could be applied. The Kansas bill would make it a violation of state consumer protection laws for a website to fail to verify that …

Florida’s DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida’s DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16

The Hindu  

Florida will have one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday. Supporters in Florida hope the bill will withstand legal challenges because it would ban social media formats based on addictive features such as notification alerts and …

Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors

Hindustan Times  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will have one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. Supporters in Florida hope the bill will withstand legal challenges because it would ban social media formats based on addictive features such as notification alerts and auto-play …

Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. AP AUDIO: Florida’s DeSantis signs one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors At a signing ceremony, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says being a …

Florida’s DeSantis signs one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida’s DeSantis signs one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors

LA Times  

Ron DeSantis, shown at a February news conference, on Monday signed a law to ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 15- and 16-year-olds to open such accounts. Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed …

Social media ban for minors less restrictive in Florida lawmakers’ second attempt
10 months ago

Social media ban for minors less restrictive in Florida lawmakers’ second attempt

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Less than a week after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a social media ban for minors, Florida lawmakers sent him a new version on Wednesday that’s expected to withstand his scrutiny. “We’re not opening a Pandora’s box, we’re closing one,” said Republican Rep. Tyler Sirois, who DeSantis vetoed what would have been one of the country’s most …

Social media ban for minors less restrictive in Florida lawmakers' second attempt
10 months ago

Social media ban for minors less restrictive in Florida lawmakers' second attempt

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ron DeSantis vetoed a social …

Florida lawmakers pass ban on social media for kids under 16 despite constitutional concerns
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida lawmakers pass ban on social media for kids under 16 despite constitutional concerns

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill to create one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on minors’ use of social media is heading to Republican Florida Gov. The bill targets any social media site that tracks user activity, allows children to upload material and interact with others, and uses addictive features designed to cause excessive or compulsive use. “We’re talking about …

Three of the biggest porn sites must verify ages to protect kids under Europe’s new digital law
1 year ago

Three of the biggest porn sites must verify ages to protect kids under Europe’s new digital law

Associated Press  

LONDON — Three of the world’s biggest porn websites face new requirements in the European Union that include verifying the ages of users, the 27-nation bloc said Wednesday, expanding the reach of its digital law designed to keep people safe on the internet. Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat have now been classed as “very large online platforms” subject to more stringent …

North Carolina legislature cracks down on pornography sites with new age verification requirements
1 year, 3 months ago

North Carolina legislature cracks down on pornography sites with new age verification requirements

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s legislature has passed a bill requiring age verification on websites that publish material considered harmful to minors as lawmakers worked long hours this week to approve a state budget and other proposals. A federal judge struck down a Texas law requiring age verification and health warnings to view pornographic websites earlier this month and blocked …

Children easily bypassing age verification online, putting them at risk of abuse, eSafety commissioner says
1 year, 4 months ago

Children easily bypassing age verification online, putting them at risk of abuse, eSafety commissioner says

ABC  

Stronger age verification processes are needed on sites used by children to help prevent kids being from coerced into making sexual abuse material, according to the eSafety commissioner. Key points: Online predators are grooming and coercing children into filming and photographing themselves The eSafety commissioner says age self-declaration measures on social media are too easy to circumvent The government is …

Texas’ law for asking ID to consume porn is unconstitutional, rules US Federal court
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas’ law for asking ID to consume porn is unconstitutional, rules US Federal court

Firstpost  

A US Federal court has ruled that Texas’ law that asked users for an ID to verify their age to watch porn is unconstitutional. One of the biggest issues with the law, the judge found was that it clubbed adult entertainment sites with educational ones A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking a Texas law that sought to …

Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts
1 year, 4 months ago

Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ …

Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts
1 year, 4 months ago

Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts

Associated Press  

— A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts, preventing the state from becoming the first to impose such a restriction. Social media companies have faced increasing scrutiny over their platforms’ effect on teen mental health, one of the concerns Sanders …

Utah law requiring age verification for porn sites remains in effect after judge tosses lawsuit
1 year, 5 months ago

Utah law requiring age verification for porn sites remains in effect after judge tosses lawsuit

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah law requiring adult websites to verify the age of their users will remain in effect after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from an industry group challenging its constitutionality. Dismissing their lawsuit on Tuesday, he instead said they couldn’t sue Utah officials because of how the law calls for age verification to be enforced. …

Adult entertainment group sues Louisiana over age-verification law for porn
1 year, 6 months ago

Adult entertainment group sues Louisiana over age-verification law for porn

Associated Press  

— An adult entertainment group and others in the industry have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana laws requiring sexually explicit websites to make users electronically verify that they are at least 18 years old. The suit filed late Tuesday in federal court in New Orleans challenges laws passed in 2022 and this year that subject such websites to damage …

Porn industry group sues over Utah age verification law
1 year, 8 months ago

Porn industry group sues over Utah age verification law

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — An adult entertainment industry group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a new Utah law that requires porn websites to implement age verification mechanisms to block minors from accessing sexually explicit materials. The Free Speech Coalition — along with an erotica author and companies that manage adult websites and are party to the suit — argues …

A U.S. state law makes it mandatory for adult websites to verify user age
1 year, 8 months ago

A U.S. state law makes it mandatory for adult websites to verify user age

The Hindu  

The U.S. state of Utah has passed a law that would require adult websites to ensure their users are aged 18 and above, via a digital ID. The Online Pornography Viewing Age Requirements bill was signed in March, placing greater responsibility on adult websites such as Pornhub to make sure that their users are aged 18 and above in Utah. …

Utah law requiring porn sites verify user ages takes effect
1 year, 8 months ago

Utah law requiring porn sites verify user ages takes effect

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — You may soon be required to prove you’re older than 18 to watch porn in Utah, if adult websites comply with a law that took effect Wednesday. Dr. Eleanor Gaetan of the anti-porn National Center on Sexual Exploitation said filters and age verification were “complementary efforts” to limit kids’ access to pornography. “These kids can’t unsee …

Bill advances to fine porn sites not verifying age of users
1 year, 8 months ago

Bill advances to fine porn sites not verifying age of users

Associated Press  

— Pornography websites that don’t require their users in Louisiana to present proof of age, such as by uploading their license, could face fines of $5,000 a day under a bill advancing in the House. The legislation would allow the state’s Attorney General to investigate and fine pornographic websites that do not comply with the state’s recently enacted age verification …

Privacy is a joke: More US states push to require govt-issued ID for watching online porn
1 year, 10 months ago

Privacy is a joke: More US states push to require govt-issued ID for watching online porn

Firstpost  

Following Louisiana, 7 other US states want people to show their govt-issued IDs if they want to watch porn online. The United States of America is going through a similar situation, with more and more states pushing to require government issues IDs for watching online porn. Republican State Senator of Arkansas, Tyler Dees stated, “My aim is that we safeguard …

Why porn has put Rishi Sunak in a tight spot with his own party
1 year, 11 months ago

Why porn has put Rishi Sunak in a tight spot with his own party

Firstpost  

Rishi Sunak is in the line of fire from members of his own Conservative Party, who want websites to put in place ’thorough age checks’ to stop youths from watching porn Rishi Sunak just can’t catch a break. Sunak is in the line of fire from members of his own Conservative Party – who are seeking to require websites to …

Submit govt-issued ID to watch Porn: Louisiana law to combat child pornography has flaws
2 years ago

Submit govt-issued ID to watch Porn: Louisiana law to combat child pornography has flaws

Firstpost  

A new Louisiana law mandates users to submit govt-issued IDs to access porn on the internet. The state of Louisiana has enacted a new law that would require all users who want to consume porn over the internet, to verify their age by submitting government-issued such as a driving licence, etc. As a result one of the most popular pornographic …

YouTube Bans PornHub’s Channel Due To Breach Of Rules: All Details
2 years ago

YouTube Bans PornHub’s Channel Due To Breach Of Rules: All Details

News 18  

YouTube has banned the adult website Pornhub’s channel due to multiple community guidelines violations. “Upon review, we terminated the channel Pornhub Official following multiple violations of our Community Guidelines,” YouTube spokesperson Jack Malon told The Verge. “Pornhub maintains the absolute best trust and safety measures on the internet and takes special care to ensure it does not violate any of …

Twitter and Reddit users in the UK could be age-checked under government plans for porn sites
2 years, 10 months ago

Twitter and Reddit users in the UK could be age-checked under government plans for porn sites

Daily Mail  

UK users of social media platforms Twitter and Reddit could be forced to submit passport or credit card details under new online safety proposals. UK users of social media platforms Twitter and Reddit could be forced to submit passport or credit card details under new online safety proposals Twitter and Reddit, which between them see over 750 million monthly global …

UK to require porn sites to verify users are 18 or older
2 years, 11 months ago

UK to require porn sites to verify users are 18 or older

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s government said Tuesday all pornography websites will be legally required to verify that users are 18 or older as part of new online safety rules. Under the government’s draft online safety bill, porn sites will be legally required to put “robust checks” in place to protect children from accessing them. Companies could use secure age verification technology …

Porn sites to be required to verify age of UK users under online safety law plans
2 years, 11 months ago

Porn sites to be required to verify age of UK users under online safety law plans

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Marking Safer Internet Day, digital minister Chris Philp confirmed the draft Online Safety Bill is …

Porn sites will finally be forced to block children by demanding proof of age
2 years, 11 months ago

Porn sites will finally be forced to block children by demanding proof of age

Daily Mail  

Websites that publish porn will be finally legally required to verify the age of their users under new online safety rules. As part of a strengthening of the proposed Online Safety Bill, digital minister Chris Philp has said affected sites will need to put ‘robust checks’ in place to ensure users are 18 or over. The Government said the onus …

Pornhub bans downloads, unverified users can no longer upload videos after alarming report on abuse
4 years, 1 month ago

Pornhub bans downloads, unverified users can no longer upload videos after alarming report on abuse

India Today  

Pornhub on Tuesday announced that it would allow only identified users to upload content on its website. The website is also planning to introduce a verification process that would let users upload content after proper verification. The Red Team provides an extra layer of protection on top of the existing protocol, proactively sweeping content already uploaded for potential violations and …

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