Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2023 / 11:23 am
Laws in multiple states that require age verification for users of pornography sites have led one of the world’s most prolific porn websites to stop streaming its graphic sexual videos in those states.
The states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Virginia, Montana, Utah, and Texas have all recently passed laws that require pornography websites to confirm that users are above 18 years of age before accessing the explicit streaming videos the sites offer.
The laws, which have passed bipartisan legislatures and have been signed by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike, have led Pornhub — the second-most popular pornography site and among the most popular websites in the world — to cease offering its videos in Mississippi, Utah, and Virginia, according to a report in Politico.
Visitors to the site in those states are greeted instead with a taped message from porn star Carolyn Paparozzi, aka Cherie DeVille, claiming that the age verification law “is not the most effective solution for protecting our users, and in fact, will put children and your privacy at risk.”