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VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. (lemmynsfw.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Out of the loop here, why did Pornhub leave France?

[–] [email protected] 182 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

France passed a law requiring porn sites to verify age of all site visitors. Pornhub is blocking France instead of forcing its visitors to provide ID.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Age verification requirements.

[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

wow, didn't expect that from france. I thought they, of all countries, would be less prudish than Texas about porn. 😬

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago

We have our own homegrown bigots, thank you

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago

Everywhere has religious people that think they deserve to control others.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Texas isn't the first. I think it was started by Germany? I know the UK banned women's orgasms and Australia banned hentai. Heck, India apparently banned porn altogether, ineffectively.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Germany didn’t do anything like that. Britain tried to ban porn like this but realized it’s a terrible idea and stepped back from it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Ironically, it was PornHub’s parent company that was set to run the UK age verification scheme.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Australia banned hentai

Did we? My scientific search the other night proves that false, and I'm not on VPN.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

They banned the physical books, but they can't really stop the internet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know the UK banned women’s orgasms

Why? To prevent British women from having expectations?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Because female cum is urine according to the powers that be, and that's too much for them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It was literally the next post in my feed 😅

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As one headline put it "PornHub pulls out of France".