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Pornhub pulls out of Montana, NC as age-verification battle rages on (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by pret2xyz@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] CodeName@infosec.pub 49 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Are they going to institute the same rules for every online streaming service? Because what if the parents don't set up controls and their kids watch an R rated movie?

This is the parents responsibility and there are tools to keep kids from seeing harmful content.

[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you still thinking it's about kids and adult content? 😮‍💨

[–] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

It’s clearly about trying to erase anonymity or even the pretense of it on the internet.
For the children and terrorists are just about always the excuse it starts with