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Pornhub Challenges Effectiveness of Texas Age-Verification Rules
Pornhub says site-by-site checks are ineffective and push users to noncompliant sites, while the attorney general says Louisiana will increase scrutiny.
- Pornhub sent a letter to state officials across the country last week, including Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Gov. Jeff Landry, urging them to rescind age verification laws, but received an icy rejection.
- Arguing that current laws are "performative, ineffective and unenforceable," the company claims site-specific verification pushes users toward riskier, non-compliant websites while failing to effectively shield minors from explicit content.
- Shifting responsibility to tech giants like Apple, Google, and Microsoft would be more effective, the company suggested, by enabling parental controls by default on operating systems rather than requiring individual websites to perform age checks.
- Dismissing the appeal, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and State Rep. Laurie Schlegel vowed to "pursue even more accountability," with Schlegel calling the lobbying effort a "desperate attempt" to avoid responsibility.
- Beyond Louisiana, the company has blocked access in states including Texas and Arkansas to avoid compliance, alleging that users easily circumvent current verification methods by using VPNs or visiting unregulated websites.
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Pornhub is blocked in Texas. Now it’s asking lawmakers to change an age verification law
“We can no longer accept laws that create the appearance of action while failing to address the challenge of keeping kids safe online,” the company wrote in a letter addressed to state lawmakers.
·Fort Worth, United States
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Pornhub is blocked in Texas. Now it's asking lawmakers to change an age verification law
Pornhub is trying to convince Texas lawmakers to rethink the state’s age verification law for adult websites. The effort comes more than a year after the pornography website blocked access in Texas instead of complying with the requirement. ...
Pornhub says age verification laws aren’t working. Louisiana leaders are not convinced.
Pornhub sent a letter to state officials across the country saying age verification isn’t working. Louisiana officials like Attorney General Liz Murrill are not convinced.
·New Orleans, United States
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