Vermillion Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Quote A new law makes porn sites liable for content deemed “harmful to minors” if it doesn’t install age verification technology for anyone accessing them in Louisiana—and it’s already affecting how people in the state access ****hub. When Motherboard tested the verification, ****hub directed us to AllPassTrust, a third-party identity verification site, which connects to LAWallet, a digital driver’s license for Louisianans. It was introduced by Representative Laurie Schlegel, who recently supported legislation that banned transgender athletes from competing on girls and women’s sports teams in Louisiana. Other major adult sites, including XVideos and XHamster, are still accessible from Louisiana as normal. OnlyFans’ site hangs on the loading page when accessed from a Louisiana IP and eventually times out. X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherish Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I mean, I don’t think it’s a bad idea in theory but boy is that a boner killer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peroxide Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Eh, seems a little excessive… That being said - this is a bit of a grey area… access to p*rn right now is so, so incredibly easy. And a lot of young people (particularly men) are having their expectations around sex massively distorted thanks to p*rn I don’t have a solution. But I do think there’s a wider problem that needs to be addressed. God, I hate that I’m sympathising with a conservative viewpoint… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Hm The government requiring you to submit your driver's license to a third-party data processor, to have access to porn. What could go wrong?! I'm sure AllPassTrust won't sell, or retain, data about your p*rn watching habits (sarcasm). Sorry for the people in Louisiana! Privacy is dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byzantium Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) I don’t necessarily feel strongly about this for p*rn, but I just have a feeling that the state of LA or other states will start labeling anything regarding homosexuality or trans topics as “harmful to minors”. Edited January 3, 2023 by byzantium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 While there were free speech elements of arguments against the initial clearing out of ****hub I agreed with, there was solid data on exploitation the service simply wasn't going to do anything substantial about. The problem is, much like FOSTA/SESTA, this creates more problems than it solves. If you watch the clip it says no personal info is stored which I don't believe for a second. Millennials and Gen Z will simply use VPNs and the state won't be willing to invest in the technology to work around them. There's much more comprehensive solutions on trafficking and exploitation that they'll say are far too expensive and nothing will be accomplished. Like most politics today, it's empty symbolism. As far as the arguments about dating, erectile dysfunction, etc. from porn rooted in stereotype, there's also tons of studies making the exact opposite arguments, specifically on rape rates. But that's an inconvenient argument for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathillaryduff Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Lol why are US Government entities so obsessed with third parties owning all of their citizens data? What ******* idiots. This law's content aside, how idiotic to basically give away every LA resident's ID information to a random third party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathillaryduff Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 All this will do will teach hillbillies in trailer parks in rural Louisiana what a VPN is and how to use it 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockatoo Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 If there was a way to stop under 18s from watching porn then that would be something I'd support, but things like this are quite easy to evade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fauxtography Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Hopefully this **** stops here or say bye bye to adult content on twitter and other apps not specifically made for adult content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Literature Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 A step in the right direction but porn needs to be banned completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hephaestus Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Mmm watch this getting messy real fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOSS Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmnoc1 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Let me hope this is the straw that turns LA blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Communion Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 So you mean like... a Great American Firewall for porn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 The potential identity theft that that has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulKiwi Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Poor Louisiana…now someone explain why I’m seeing this while living in Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazil Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 It's funny how conservatives switch on topics when it involves social conservatism. Aren't they the ones always screaming about letting parents raise their kids, no to big government, individual freedom and so on. Now they want people to provide personal data to a company hired by the government so they can access a porn site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotham Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 To be honest, I actually think this is a good decision. Minors have too easy of an access to this type of content and it warps their views on sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Show Business Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Parents should be the ones responsible for monitoring their child's content. In 2023, I'm certain there are few parents who would have trouble figuring out parental controls on their child's devices. This is well intentioned, but feels a bit overreaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Miss Show Business said: Parents should be the ones responsible for monitoring their child's content. In 2023, I'm certain there are few parents who would have trouble figuring out parental controls on their child's devices. This is well intentioned, but feels a bit overreaching. Please. It is way to easy to do things behind your parents back. We all did it lbr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon Flame Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Peroxide said: Eh, seems a little excessive… That being said - this is a bit of a grey area… access to p*rn right now is so, so incredibly easy. And a lot of young people (particularly men) are having their expectations around sex massively distorted thanks to p*rn I don’t have a solution. But I do think there’s a wider problem that needs to be addressed. God, I hate that I’m sympathising with a conservative viewpoint… The government has no business getting involved in people’s personal lives. The government is not your babysitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fauxtography Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Reading this thread is another surprise, and not surprise, for this forum lmao. No wonder Conservatives stay relevant and in control despite getting more unhinged and more unpopular as a party - because y'all will bend to their narratives like, every time in such a surface level way. "I mean, its not a bad idea..." Maybe its a post now, critical think later situation but I don't wanna hear any bitching when you can't do anything on the internet without uploading your ID. Or when you as a grown ass adult can't access porn because the majority of platforms wont want to go through the hoops and ladders of contracting with third party ID verification systems and being held liable if an unsupervised minor finds a way on their site because they were intentionally looking for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Show Business Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Cheers said: Please. It is way to easy to do things behind your parents back. We all did it lbr. This is only true for those of us who didn't have strict parents. I never had parental controls on any of my devices. If I ever became a parent though? I definitely would be using parental controls, and I know things would've been different if my parents had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americanlife Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 This is disgusting and an invasion of privacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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