They saw what happened to NC governor candidate. They made it illegal for anyone in the future NOT to use a VPN.
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2025
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lol .... as if .... I'm sure there is a boom in subscriptions for VPN services in the south at the same time .... especially for every political office holder at every level of government
Ha! You seem to be under the impression that the laws are enforced for them also.
"Laws for thee, not for me!"
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Incredible. I never thought this would happen.
What about other millions of porn sites?
I had no idea that US states could block websites at the state level
It's not states blocking porn sites. It's states treating porn site companies similarly to bars. "If we catch you serving minors, we're gonna sue the shit out of you."
The only legally airtight way to know you're not serving minors is to check valid IDs for every visitor. Just like a bar. But since doing that for a website is a huge burden and still a tremendous risk, companies like Pornhub aren't playing ball. Instead of complying with the new laws, they're simply choosing to refuse service to any user from one of these hostile states. Can't get in trouble for serving minors from certain states if you don't serve anyone from those states at all.
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Blocked. But far from inaccessible lol
The fact that the law is hard to enforce doesn't really make it better, IMO. It may be kind of worse, really - it makes the enforcement arbitrary. Everybody's accessing porn illegally, so any time the police decide they don't like you they can drum up some porn charges and actually pursue them.
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