Child safety bills are reshaping the internet for everyone
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge By the end of this month, porn will get a lot harder to watch in Texas. Instead of clicking a button or entering a date of birth to access Pornhub and other adult sites, users will need to provide photos of their official government-issued ID or use a third-party service to verify their age. It’s the result of a new law passed earlier this summer intended to prevent kids from seeing porn online. But it’s also part of a broad — and worrying — attempt to age-gate the internet. Texas may be the biggest state rolling out anti-porn rules, but it’s not the first. In the last year alone, more than half a dozen states have passed similar legislation and even more are looking to follow suit. While these rules are focused on adult content,... Continue reading…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeBy the end of this month, p*** will get a lot harder to watch in Texas. Instead of clicking a b***on or entering a date of birth to access p***hub and other adult sites, users will need to provide photos of their official government-issued ID or use a third-party service to verify their age. It’s the result of a new law passed earlier this summer intended to prevent kids from seeing p*** online. But it’s also part of a broad — and worrying — attempt to age-gate the internet. Texas may be the biggest state rolling out anti-porn rules, but it’s not the first. In the last year alone, more than half a dozen states have passed similar legislation and even more are looking to follow suit. While these rules are focused on adult content,…
Olivia Miller
Seattle
Seattle
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