Judge largely blocks Tennessee’s porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs

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Federal Court Blocks Tennessee’s Unconstitutional Age Verification Law

As Michael McGrady pointed out in his recent guest post for Techdirt, nearly 41 percent of Americans subject to age verification laws targeting porn and, of course, porn consumers. An emboldened pseudo-theocratic wing of the Republican party is taking everything old and unconstitutional and making it new again, presumably in hopes of sliding it past courts now staffed with Trump’s personal picks. Fortunately, that percentage has dipped a bit in…

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Gays share clever workarounds for accessing Sniffies & other adult sites in red states with new restrictions

explained:Like I’m giving them my f*cking drivers license?? “Personal data is deleted after verification” is some damn bullsh*t and it’s only a matter of time before Grindr requires the same sh*t.I’m sure this isn’t an unpopular opinion here but F*CK republican legislators. “Party of freedom” my a**. WHAT ABOUT MY FREEDOM TO SEE A D*CK BEFORE IT GETS RAMMED IN MY A**??His fellow Redditors quickly shared their hacks for getting past the ID check.…

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This device should make it possible to transmit proof of majority without disclosing the identity of the Internet user, while 2.3 million minors frequent pornographic sites in France.

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Floridians Flock To VPNs As Age-Verification Law Takes Effect

Demand for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) has skyrocketed in Florida following the implementation of a new law requiring age verification for access to adult websites. According to research firm vpnMentor, VPN usage in the state surged by a staggering 1,150% in the first four hours… Floridians Flock To VPNs As Age-Verification Law Takes Effect

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Judge largely blocks Tennessee’s porn site age verification law

A Tennessee law requiring pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age was largely blocked in court before it was to take effect January 1, even as similar laws kicked in for Florida and South Carolina and remained in effect for more than a dozen other states. On Dec. 30, U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman in Memphis ruled that Tennessee’s law would likely suppress the First Amendment free speech rights of adults without actually preventin…

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Tennessee porn site age verification law largely blocked by judge as more than a dozen other states enforce theirs

Judge Sheryl Lipman ruled Tennessee's law would likely suppress the First Amendment free speech rights of adults without actually preventing children from accessing the harmful material in question.