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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  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
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    20 hours ago

    it’s the same way we keep kids from buying alcohol - by checking EVERYONE’S ID

    Tell him there’s a big different between checking an ID and making copies of one

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      What? You mean explain NUANCE to a MAGA? Their entire political pallette is Black and White, and you want to introduce colors?