You're insane.
It is clear to me that the Regime has decided that online porn is going away. I dont care anymore....the quality has been going down for a lot of years now......and it was never spectacular.
The WOKE Death Cult does not like sex.....people having unregulated sex could give them ideas about breaking their chains and being free.....the same reason individual ownership of cars is programed to go away.
You have pro-life, pro-family, anti-porn, anti-gambling #MAGA people behind this. And this lawsuit was brought by Ken Paxton who is as #MAGA as they get. And they are all now woke? Interesting.
I'm getting tired of these self-righteous bible thumpers imposing their will and values on the rest rest of us?!! It won't stop with porn either?!! It's people like this who brought us prohibition too?!!
[FONT=&]A high-stakes battle over pornography, child safety and free speech is heating up across the nation, with more than a half-dozen states passing age-verification laws aimed at halting minors from accessing Pornhub and other adult web sites.
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[FONT=&]Texas this week became the 7th - and largest - state to pass some form of the controversial legislation, which effectively blocks millions of adult video enthusiasts from entering Pornhub's site unless they can prove they are at least 18 years old.
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[FONT=&]Attorneys and advocates for porn sites argue that the laws are not just prohibiting minors, but adults, too. Pornhub says it had no choice but "to completely disable access to our website in Texas" in order to reduce the risk of hefty fines and penalties.
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[FONT=&]In addition to Texas, Pornhub has reluctantly blocked site access for people in other states with age-verification laws, including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia.
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[FONT=&]“We are fighting not only for the rights of our members and the larger adult entertainment community, but for the right of all Americans to access constitutionally protected expression in the privacy of their own home," said Alison Boden, Executive Director of Free Speech Coalition, a national advocacy organization for the First Amendment rights of adult businesses. The group filed a lawsuit in federal court last year over what it called an "anti-porn ban" by Utah lawmakers.
The HB 1181 law passed earlier this week in Texas requires companies that offer "sexual material harmful to minors" to verify that guests on their website are 18 or older either by proof of government-issued identification or another system that uses public and private data.
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[FONT=&]Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a member of the Republican party, sued Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, to force them to comply with the HB 1181 law. Paxton also threatened the company with millions of dollars in civil penalties — including up to $10,000 per day and $250,000 "if a child is exposed to pornographic content due to not properly verifying a user’s age."
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[FONT=&]“Texas has a right to protect its children from the detrimental effects of pornographic content,” Paxton said in announcing the suit. “I look forward to holding any company accountable that violates our age verification laws intended to prevent minors from being exposed to harmful, obscene material on the internet.”
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[FONT=&]The Texas case illuminates similar restrictions on pornography websites across the US. And it shines a light on the debate over the balance between keeping children safe online and free speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment.
What does this have to do with "bible thumping?"
I asked basically the same question. He won’t answer. Because it doesn’t.
I asked basically the same question. He won’t answer. Because it doesn’t.What does this have to do with "bible thumping?" It seems to me if you can't buy porn until you are 18 in a store, or go see a X-rated movie, then you shouldn't be able to view it online either. That's reasonable, and the state is simply telling internet porn sites to comply with rules and laws brick and mortar locations in Texas (and elsewhere) require.
That's really no different than requiring people prove they are 21 to buy alcohol online for example.
I understand.About the only way I can watch porn videos now is to invent stories to go along with them, otherwise I am bored to tears. i sometimes do this with Hollywood product that sucks...I turn off the sound and make my own story to go with the screen.
I'm getting tired of these self-righteous bible thumpers imposing their will and values on the rest rest of us?!! It won't stop with porn either?!! It's people like this who brought us prohibition too?!!
[FONT=&]A high-stakes battle over pornography, child safety and free speech is heating up across the nation, with more than a half-dozen states passing age-verification laws aimed at halting minors from accessing Pornhub and other adult web sites.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Texas this week became the 7th - and largest - state to pass some form of the controversial legislation, which effectively blocks millions of adult video enthusiasts from entering Pornhub's site unless they can prove they are at least 18 years old.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Attorneys and advocates for porn sites argue that the laws are not just prohibiting minors, but adults, too. Pornhub says it had no choice but "to completely disable access to our website in Texas" in order to reduce the risk of hefty fines and penalties.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&]In addition to Texas, Pornhub has reluctantly blocked site access for people in other states with age-verification laws, including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&]“We are fighting not only for the rights of our members and the larger adult entertainment community, but for the right of all Americans to access constitutionally protected expression in the privacy of their own home," said Alison Boden, Executive Director of Free Speech Coalition, a national advocacy organization for the First Amendment rights of adult businesses. The group filed a lawsuit in federal court last year over what it called an "anti-porn ban" by Utah lawmakers.
The HB 1181 law passed earlier this week in Texas requires companies that offer "sexual material harmful to minors" to verify that guests on their website are 18 or older either by proof of government-issued identification or another system that uses public and private data.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a member of the Republican party, sued Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, to force them to comply with the HB 1181 law. Paxton also threatened the company with millions of dollars in civil penalties — including up to $10,000 per day and $250,000 "if a child is exposed to pornographic content due to not properly verifying a user’s age."
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[FONT=&]“Texas has a right to protect its children from the detrimental effects of pornographic content,” Paxton said in announcing the suit. “I look forward to holding any company accountable that violates our age verification laws intended to prevent minors from being exposed to harmful, obscene material on the internet.”
[/FONT]
[FONT=&]The Texas case illuminates similar restrictions on pornography websites across the US. And it shines a light on the debate over the balance between keeping children safe online and free speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pornhub-disables-access-texas-due-204730562.html
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I just don’t think it’s in the best interests for minors to watch.Nixon did a huge investigation on porn with the intention of proving it was harmful. The study was huge and derived that porn is pretty harmless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President's_Commission_on_Obscenity_and_Pornography
It’s reactions from Christian conservatives like this that I think people associate it with ‘bible thumping’ (rightly or wrongly)
https://x.com/brady_gray/status/1768338682732228830?s=46&t=kOX31MjxS-IJnH5C6XWDGA
Tumblr was destroyed, the erotic blogs are all gone, and the erotic stories sites are almost all gone too....interestingly I have been told that erotic stories always had an almost exclusively female audince....I was a huge fan though.
I just don’t think it’s in the best interests for minors to watch.
As for me… borrring.
If this is indeed a christo-fascist pushed legislation, then ANY who currently votes Republican has no one to blame but themselves. Also, the sheer irony of folks who vote against a "deep state" and "nanny gov't" always seem to put people in power who pass the most personally intrusive laws going. Just saying.