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This adult website blocked users in US' Virginia and Mississippi, says…
Several states have introduced and some have enforced laws in a bid to prevent children from accessing adult content on the internet.
Adult website Pornhub has now blocked users in United States' Virginia and Mississippi from visiting its website over the state laws requiring them to verify their age.
In a statement on Twitter, the company said,"A number of states including Virginia and Mississippi effective July 1, are requiring mandatory age verification of users, but they are not regulating the enforcement of these laws. So that means adult platforms can choose whether or not to comply. Responsible platforms will follow the law, irresponsible platforms won't".
Citing the law which was introduced in Louisiana, Pornhub said its traffic in the state dropped by 80 per cent after it decided to comply with it. “These people did not stop looking for porn. They just migrated to other corners of the internet that don't ask users to verify their age, that don't follow the law, that don't take user safety seriously, and that often don't even moderate content”, the company statement added.
Like Utah, Pornhub said it had taken the ‘difficult decision’ to fully block the site in Virginia and Mississippi.
“The only solution that makes the internet safer, preserves user privacy and stands to prevent children from accessing adult content is performing age verification at the source: on the device. Many devices already offer free and easy-to-use parental control features that can prevent children from accessing adult content without risking the disclosure of sensitive user data”, the Pornhub statement read.
According to website Techdirt, the blackout has also been applied to the other websites managed by the company. Recently, several states like Texas, Arkansas and Montana have introduced legislations to prevent children from accessing adult content.
