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Government ID now needed to watch Porn in Louisiana.

Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:02 am
Posted by Eurocat
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Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:02 am
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Viewing Pornhub while in Louisiana now requires providing a driver's license to verify your age.
Samantha Cole
By Samantha Cole

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 Pornhub.

The law, which was signed by Louisiana’s Democratic governor John Bel Edwards in June, became effective on January 1, 2023.

The law, passed as Act 440, states:

“Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be held liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material.”

A “substantial portion” is 33.3 percent or more material on a site that’s “harmful to minors.”
Posted by gobuxgo5
Member since Nov 2012
10024 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:04 am to
I’m surprised this wasn’t already a law.
Posted by csorre1
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:04 am to
We're learning a lot about the OTs porn watching habits as the reposts steam in.
This post was edited on 1/4/23 at 1:18 am
Posted by Tigerbait357
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:07 am to
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:08 am to
I’m surprised this wasn’t already posted on the OT.
Posted by ConcreteThreshold
Denver, CO
Member since Jun 2017
1193 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:10 am to
Damn. Louisiana getting back to its racist roots.
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
53390 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:13 am to
Another way for government to track you..
Posted by DVinBR
Member since Jan 2013
12953 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:20 am to
Who needs porn when you have Jesus?
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
4857 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:37 am to
Pornhub is the Pepsi of pornsites. People prefer Coke.
Posted by USMCguy121
Northshore
Member since Aug 2021
6332 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 1:43 am to
You can still watch on your phone I bet.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25553 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 2:55 am to
I didn't bother to read the full legislation but I didn't see this pop up in the original thread and it piqued my interest:

quote:

“Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be held liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material.”

A “substantial portion” is 33.3 percent or more material on a site that’s “harmful to minors.


So if a site wants to test the boundaries I have a thought.

I don't know if they consider percentage of material by total length or title numbers but you could cover both if you liked.

Let's say you have 1000 hours of porn in 2000 titles. What happens if you upload 6001 titles with a total run time of 3001 hours all with nothing but white, pink, and brown noise videos? This is actually "useful" content (use the view numbers from Youtube to support that) and I doubt you can find any studies that say they are harmful to minors. You haven't broken the 33.3% barrier... It would be relatively cheap to store all this content and it would likely have very little increase on your bandwidth needs. Checkmate?
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
7352 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 3:05 am to
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A “substantial portion” is 33.3 percent or more material on a site that’s “harmful to minors.”


That part of the law was written specifically by the lobbyists from Netflix, HBOMax, Paramount Plus, and Disney Plus to exclude them from the age verification rule.

HBOMax does host some Skinemax titles.
Posted by bulldog95
North Louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
20698 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 3:14 am to
Just use Reddit
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25553 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 3:17 am to
quote:

That part of the law was written specifically by the lobbyists from Netflix, HBOMax, Paramount Plus, and Disney Plus to exclude them from the age verification rule.

HBOMax does host some Skinemax titles.


I understand the policy reasoning but I still think my hypo is a workable loophole, again not having read the full legislation.
Posted by PrimeTime Money
Houston, Texas, USA
Member since Nov 2012
27304 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 5:47 am to
I’m honestly surprised it took this long. And really, it’s a good thing. It’s entirely too easy for kids to find porn on the internet.

You have to use your ID to verify your age in real life.. why should it be any different online?
Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
3405 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 5:50 am to
German porn
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
15468 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 5:52 am to
quote:

I’m honestly surprised it took this long. And really, it’s a good thing. It’s entirely too easy for kids to find porn on the internet. You have to use your ID to verify your age in real life.. why should it be any different online?

Because you have to give personal information to a shady porn website, that’s why. Recall the Ashley Madison leaks?

Kids who grew up in the late ‘90s and ‘00s did just fine looking up porn on their gaming PC’s
Posted by Jyrdis
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12788 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 6:06 am to
Just use a VPN.
Posted by 62Tigerfan
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Posted on 1/4/23 at 6:11 am to
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
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Posted on 1/4/23 at 6:13 am to
Good. can't imagine anyone doesn't support this.
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