Texas residents can no longer access Pornhub — without a VPN.
As of Thursday, when people in Texas try to access any of the porn sites owned by Aylo, formerly MindGeek, they’ll instead see a long message in opposition to age verification laws.
Laws requiring age verification on adult entertainment sites have already gone into effect in states including Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Utah, Montana and North Carolina.
“Since age verification software requires users to hand over extremely sensitive information, it opens the door for the risk of data breaches,” Pornhub wrote on its blog.
At first, Pornhub complied with age verification via the state-run LA Wallet app, which connects to a Louisiana resident’s ID.
Now, when you search terms like “taylor swift ai” or “taylor swift deepfake” on X, you’ll find thousands of posts from fans trying to bury the AI-generated content.
This abuse has even seeped into schools, where underage girls have been targeted by their classmates with explicit, nonconsensual deepfakes.
So, for some Taylor Swift fans, this isn’t just a matter of protecting the star.
taylor swift fans are genuinely amazing.
they literally accomplish stuff our legal system can't — soup (@jasminericegirl) January 25, 2024Congress is making some legislative headway to criminalize nonconsensual deepfakes.
Now, when you search terms like “taylor swift ai” or “taylor swift deepfake” on X, you’ll find thousands of posts from fans trying to bury the AI-generated content.
This abuse has even seeped into schools, where underage girls have been targeted by their classmates with explicit, nonconsensual deepfakes.
So, for some Taylor Swift fans, this isn’t just a matter of protecting the star.
taylor swift fans are genuinely amazing.
they literally accomplish stuff our legal system can't — soup (@jasminericegirl) January 25, 2024Congress is making some legislative headway to criminalize nonconsensual deepfakes.
Back in April, the EU announced an initial list of 17 so called very large online platforms (VLOPs) and two very large online search engines (VLOSE) designated under the DSA.
The addition of the three platforms designated today changes that.
age verification, not self declaration) prior to accessing content — but that could be set to change in the region as a result of the trio being designated VLOPs.
Today we designate 3 additional very large online platforms.
Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos meet the user thresholds to fall under stricter #DSA obligations.
