With a stroke of the pen.
Pornhub is shutting down its Toddy services in Florida on January 1 in protest of the state’s new age-verification law.
Gutter-minded Internet users with Florida IP addresses were presented with a special pop-up It was announced Tuesday that the porn website plans to remove its content from the Sunshine State.
The banner on the alert read, “You will lose access to Pornhub in 14 days.”
“Did you know that your government requires you to turn in your driver’s license before you can access Pornhub?” Porn vendors wrote in disbelief. “As crazy as it sounds, it’s true. You must prove that you are 18 years of age or older, such as by uploading your government ID, for any adult content website you wish to access.
Florida’s new law hb3 Provides online protection for minors, requiring social media platforms to prevent underage Internet users from accessing harmful content.
Age-verification through government identification is one mechanism through which the law would be enforced by the Republican-led state.
Legal experts consider the law broad and overbroad and facing legal challenges.
Florida is happening The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court Free Speech Coalition, Inc., Deep Connection Technologies, Inc., JFF Publications, LLC, Barry Chase, Esq. and PHE Inc. By.
That lawsuit claims HB3 is the latest in a series of laws that seek to unconstitutionally restrict speech and harp on a vague definition of “material harmful to minors.”
“Despite supporters’ claims, (the law) is not the same as showing ID at a liquor store,” Alison Bowden, executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, wrote in an article. statement,
“This is invasive and poses significant risks to privacy,” Bowden said.
The Free Speech Coalition is a trade association for the adult entertainment industry.
The bill passed with overwhelming support in both the Florida House of Representatives and the Senate in March.
18 other states have passed age verification laws for dirty sites.
Louisiana, Utah, Mississippi, Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Georgia have all passed similar ID-required laws.
Pornhub shut down its porn services in Texas earlier this year to protest age-verification laws in the Lone Star State.
texas Porn site sued In February, the company was accused of violating state law by failing to enforce age verification measures.
Earlier this year, it was Revealed from porn site The most popular word searched by the Sunshine State Horndogs was “MAGA.”
Pornhub did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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