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Texas loves to use words like "freedom" and "liberty", and make them synonomus with their values. Then they pass legislation to force women to give birth, and they ban porn.
Like... "y'all" really are fucking stupid down there (at least the conservatives.)
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Also what did I just read???
Just tried it. Yep, no access. Just a long message lambasting Texas politicians.
I tried all the other regular sites, no issues.
They're gonna need an industry wide cooperation to successfully combat this.
I tried it, got the block message, and then tried it with a Kansas City VPN just to see if it would work. It did.
I really liked the message though. Texas legislators are dumb af if they don't think that this is going to push people to use websites without ID requirements and less stringent rules on content creation/safety.
I mean, they were dumb af before this, but they're extra dumb now too.
The thing is, there's hundreds, thousands, possibly millions of porn sites out there. There is no way any state is going to be able to block them all. Even if, by some miracle, they did manage to block them all - it won't matter, people will still just use a VPN anyway.
Sometimes it’s a good thing that the boomers don’t know how the cyber works.
Ironically, I just tried accessing PH with a VPN based in Dallas (I’m not in Texas) and got the normal site.
I wonder if they do it by ISP.
I always wonder how they do these types of blocks. Sure you can get a city from an IP record, mine reports me as several counties away.
I sure hope all porn sites follow Porn Hub’s lead. Just block Texas from viewing porn. Then I hope all broadband and cable TV operators follow suit as well, can’t have transexual cock on VOD or PPV. Let’s see how quickly Texas falls back in line. It won’t happen, but I can dream.
Oh porn will be accessible it'll just be worse.
Yep, I do agree with that part of the statement. The only porn they'll have access to will be completely unregulated and a haven for revenge porn and CP.
Pornhub themselves weren't amazing on that front to begin with, but they made more of an effort than most to try and clean that up due to regulatory pressures.
The kind of sites who won't bother complying with Texas' age verification law because they already hosted all kinds of illegal shit are just going to explode in popularity further entrenching a depraved and violent subset of sexual abusers.
Anyway, I'm glad to see this sentiment echoed on Lemmy. Everywhere else it feels like people are thoughtlessly praising Pornhub and thinking this is a "big win."
So you think that providing your ID to access porn is a good idea?
What kind of “small government” legislates morality?
Remember, one of the defining traits of right-wing political movements is the redefining of words. When a Conservative says "small government" what they really mean is "a government that can enforce our morals and values, but is incapable of enforcing rights, regulations, or equality."
My guess is rape rate will increase instead
https://slate.com/culture/2006/10/proof-that-internet-porn-prevents-rape.html
Interestingly, according to the article, the biggest effect is in 15-19 year olds; which are the people the law is intended to bar from accessing porn. Granted, I have no idea how good the underlying study that article is based off of is.
The ones that most definetely know how to use a vpn...
It's gonna be the boomer politicians that are big mad and can't figure out a work around.
The ones that most definetely know how to use a vpn...
There are plenty of 15-19 year olds who are good with computers, but also plenty who aren't
The goal post for what "being good at computers" has moved quite a bit, stuff that was distinctly only known to the nerds and geeks is now common knowledge to the younger generations, just from what I've seen of my younger relatives compared to my geekyness growing up lol.
What types of stuff do you mean?
VPNs was a good one, I have definitely heard from my younger siblings/cousins they're familiar or use them at school.
I remember being a select few at my school who knew how to use proxies to get to game sites on school PCS, I even made a little free hosted website for linking to proxies/unblocked game sites for my friends. (that eventually got blocked too, funny enough certain link shortners still worked for a bit since they seemingly blocked by Url)
I'll try to think of other examples, just something I had noticed talking to younger family members.
I think it's moreso just that it's easier to do then it used to be.
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If porn is the only thing stopping someone from raping another person, then their problems are a whole lot deeper than porn
Indeed!
Religion can sometimes prevent mass murderers, so you're absolutely right
Doubt.
I'm full on anti-religion, but some crazies have said the fear of eternal damnation is the only reason they don't go out murdering
I have my doubts about how accurate their assessment is. I said things like that when I was a theist and turns out I am still pretty boring even without the fear of hell. However, on the off chance I am wrong and quite literally the only thing keeping someone from being a murderer is the fear of hell well they should probably still believe in hell.
This is what the narcissist does to you. They convince you that you are nothing and even less than nothing without them. Religion teaches people that they are worthless and can only be saved from their deserved fate by absolute obedience.
Thank you. This had to be said. Our culture is gravely ill...
I meant in the way that members of a society interact with each other and how negative and antisocial qualities are reaching mainstream promotion because it's profitable, but amusing way to pare down 100% of human history into two of the bleakest articles on Wikipedia I guess lol.
Yes people can be awful. Chances are higher than zero that terrible traditions have been a thing in history. Nobody is surprised.
If only there was some other place to get porn.
Yeah but this is Texas. One of the largest consumers of porn by state. Pornhub is the 6th most visited site in the US, just one spot behind Amazon. I'm sure at least some Texas politicians have decades old accounts accounts with all their favorites videos and probably paid access to creators, etc. Sure they won't be giving up their account username and telling everyone why they're doing it, but this gives them an excuse to call out the bullshit overreach and taking of frozen peaches. They can lie and say their constituents are the ones calling and demanding action. Actually a pretty smart move by Pornhub.