Pornhub blocks access by Montanans, citing bill to protect minors

[RandySF]

An adult content website that’s blocking Montanans from pornography has Sen. Willis Curdy expecting a bill he sponsored will be challenged in court sooner or later.

Curdy, a Missoula Democrat, said adjustments are part of the legislative process, and changes can be made, but his goal is clear.

“The point is I just want to protect kids,” Curdy said.

Senate Bill 544 restricts sites with more than one third of their content being “material harmful to minors on the internet” by requiring “reasonable age verification.” It defines harmful material as including sexual body parts and sex acts, along with content “designed to pander to the prurient interest.”



https://dailymontanan.com/2023/12/30/pornhub-blocks-access-by-montanans-citing-bill-to-protect-minors/

[ret5hd]

1. Result: 20,000 percent increase...

in VPN usage from Montana.

[unc70]

2. Also blocking NC

[SarahD]

3. Sure but VPN

I'm sure every teenager in Montana has a VPN and knows how to use it.

[Stardust Mirror]

4. this site and others like it should be blocked

https://www.biblegateway.com/
content ... including sexual body parts and sex acts

[dalton99a]

5. Genitals are dangerous

And nipples

[Oneironaut]

6. Tbh, I'm anti-porn, but, don't think it can be banned.

People will always find ways to watch it. Also, the GOP has a strange relationship with it where they actually watch the most porn. I don’t think you can block access to minors either, given that family computers are shared, and all other different possible technical issues with this.

Kinda shocked this was created by a Democrat.

I always question the point of legislation like this. It’s usually created by people with no idea how technology or the modern world works, and, they refuse to consult technology experts. Therefore, these laws tend to be useless.

[atreides1]

7. Blocked in Virginia, too

[Xolodno]

8. You can take my Pornhub, YouPorn and Kink from...

...my dead, warm, gooey hands!!!!

[EllieBC]

9. Any teen knows about VPNs. Clearly

the lawmaker does not.