Pornhub to block two more states over age verification laws
Pornhub plans to block access to its website in Indiana and Kentucky in response to age verification laws designed to prevent children from accessing adult websites. The website has now cut off access in at least half a dozen states in protest of similar age verification laws that have quickly spread across conservative-leaning US states.
Indiana will lose access on June 27th, according to the Indiana Capital Chronicle, and Kentucky will lose access on July 10th, according to Kentucky Public Radio.
Pornhub says it’s blocking access to its website over privacy concerns around the new laws. The laws generally require adults to upload some form of government ID to prove they’re 18 or older. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has criticized...