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UK age verification: How will it work for porn sites and when does it come into force?

PornHub and other popular adult websites blocked access to their sites in large parts of the US after similar age verification rules were introduced

The Independent UK

‘It isn’t just about porn’: What the US PornHub ‘ban’ is really about

Age verification laws designed to block children from online porn sites are sweeping the US, Io Dodds writes. But do they actually protect children, or is there another agenda at work?

The Independent UK

Florida experiences a huge 1,150% surge in VPN use as Pornhub blocks access in response to age-verification law

Pornhub's parent company describes the age-verification methods mentioned in the laws to be "ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous."

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Florida porn law sees 10-fold increase in VPN demand

Porn restrictions are now in place across 17 US states, with more to follow

The Independent UK

Pornhub Now Blocked in Nearly Every Southern US State

Pornhub has officially been blocked in nearly every southern state following the passage of laws that require age verification to enter adult websites.

International Business Times

Pornhub Officially Blocked in Nearly Every Southern US State

Pornhub has officially been blocked in nearly every southern state following the passage of laws that require age verification to enter adult websites.

Latin Times

Porn ban mapped: Pornhub now blocks visitors in a third of US states

Florida and South Carolina are the latest to restrict access to adult websites

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An activist tried to take down trafficking on Pornhub. Did she do more harm than good?

Anti-trafficking Laila Mickelwait’s Traffickinghub campaign helped inspire lawsuits, investigations, and policy changes to eliminate videos rooted in abuse from making it onto Pornhub. So why is she so controversial? Josh Marcus reports.

The Independent UK

Pornhub Pulls Out of Seventh State

The company leaves Texas over an “ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous” age-verification law.

Reason

Pornhub Halts Texas Operations in Response to State's Age-Verification Legislation

A 5th Circuit's temporary stay mandates age verification and health warnings on porn sites

Latin Times

Pornhub suspends site in Texas due to state’s age-verification law

Legal experts say a 5th Circuit decision to uphold part of a Texas law regulating adult entertainment websites conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent regarding minors’ access to obscene material online.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Sues Pornhub for Failing to Check IDs

A federal judge in an ongoing case called the porn age-check scheme unconstitutional. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton doesn't seem to care.

Reason

Pornhub parent company admits it made money off sex trafficking

Prosecutors said that Aylo Holdings had ‘turned a blind eye’ to allegations that it was hosting nonconsensual videos

The Independent UK

Pornhub Owner To Pay $1.8 Mn To US But Will Not Face Charges

The Montreal-based company that owns Pornhub will not face charges over links to a sex trafficking operation but has agreed to pay $1.8 million to the US government and make payments to victims, officials said Thursday.

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The Independent UK

Pornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M and independent monitor to resolve sex trafficking-related charge

The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent

The Walrus

Can Porn Ever Be Ethical?

The new owners of one of the world’s largest adult sites are determined to make the company—and the rest of the industry—safer

The Independent UK

Former teen beauty queen claims she was sex-trafficked and forced into porn

Kirsty Althaus claims she was raped, drugged and sex trafficked in a lawsuit bought against pornography platforms, yet another woman who was affected by Girls Do Porn

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