At the dawn of the new year, Pornhub will leave Florida. Thanks to a harsh new age verification law that takes effect on January 1, the porn giant will no longer do business in the sunshine state. The law mirrors similar laws passed in other Republican led states where Pornhub has stopped doing business.

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This is just a blatant power grab. It’s not about porn, after all if they were really concerned about nsfw sites they’d be happy with how easy the site is to regulate. If they wanted to they could potentially find a way to bring in tax revenue with it.

This is all about control and getting people used to having the government invading their privacy. Over time they’ll shift and start invading other online spaces.

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Reminder that verification laws do not work and are straight up fascist.

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Not in FL, but in another GOP state that I’m sure will join the bandwagon eventually. I knew there was a reason I’ve been hoarding “data”.

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I wonder if pornhub owns shares in a VPN company?

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I wonder if GOP owns shares in a VPN company?

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Right? There’s always a grift.

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Florida isn’t even the first. Arkansas has already had the same basic effect.

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PH stopped working in VA several months ago if not longer, and we weren’t the first.

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thank god i don’t live in south boston, but instead boston. at least according to mullvad. ain’t no way i’m uploading my driver’s license to shit

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Always pull out. Even if you’re wearing a condom. Even if she says she’s on the pill.

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Should be the default strategy always! Small price to pay for piece of mind.

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Yeah I dont know why I always get downvotes from folks saying to pull out. Its a good idea in addition to other birth control methods.

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I don’t know economics, but is there a way to buy stocks in some VPN providers? Seems like they are about to do well.

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Do the porn sites already own shares in VPN companies?

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Yes - a stock exchange - but Florida is only a small part of the overall market and most people will just tolerate the ban.

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Yeah, but how many VPN providers are public companies? I’m guessing not very many given the reporting requirements public companies face.

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I mean, most websites will not respect the ban, so people will use those.

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