Blocking the US States VA & UT --why?

[Graybeard]

Why ask for trouble?

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Organic should be filtered with MaxMind or IP2Location ...

June 30 (UPI) -- Starting Saturday, the popular pornography website Pornhub will be blocked for users with Virginia-based IP addresses, after a new state law requires users to submit government identification to verify their age before accessing adult content. ...

The law applies to any website where 33.3% or more of the content is "material harmful to minors."

Pornhub blocks Virginia users following new age verification law - UPI.com

Starting tomorrow the popular pornography website Pornhub will be blocked for users with Virginia-based IP addresses, after a new state law equires users to submit government identification to verify their age before acc

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Those who violate the new policies could be subject to civil liabilities.


Virginia becomes the second such state to institute a law, after Utah passed a similar bill in March.

 

[T J Tutor]

Blocking is becoming a path with the fed and now with states. TikTok in Montana and Fed phones for examples. It's just a trickle now, but the flood gates will open and then SCOTUS will get involved.

 

[Graybeard]

It's not that hard to get around these government mandated blocks by using a VPN, a proxy, or tor. Users have been doing this for years especially with porn sites.

However, when users circumvent these blocks this way the onus becomes on the user. The website owner has no liability.

So, either these government mandates are playing cat and mouse, or these legislators are really that ignorant of how the internet works.

 

[T J Tutor]

either these government mandates are playing cat and mouse, or these legislators are really that ignorant of how the internet works.

Additionally, they may be doing it so they can say they've "handled it" to their constituents and not reporting their solution(s) have easy work arounds. The politicians love to say they have things under control when they don't.