Pornhub Disables Website In Texas After Age-Verification Lawsuit

'Pornhub has disabled its site in Texas,' reports the Hill, 'to object to a state law that requires the company to verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the site.'

Texas residents who visit the site are met with a message from the company that criticizes the state's elected officials who are requiring them to track the age of users. The company said the newly passed law impinges on 'the rights of adults to access protected speech' and fails to pass strict scrutiny by 'employing the least effective and yet also most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas's stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors.'

Pornhub said safety and compliance are 'at the forefront' of the company's mission, but having users provide identification every time they want to access the site is 'not an effective solution for protecting users online... Attempting to mandate age verification without any means to enforce at scale gives platforms the choice to comply or not, leaving thousands of platforms open and accessible,' the message said, adding that 'very few sites are able to compare the robust Trust and Safety measures we currently have in place.'

The article adds that the state's attorney general is suing the owners of Pornhub for $1.6 million failing to enact age verification, plus an additional $10,000 a day.
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