Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment
variety.com
Score one for Pornhub: A federal judge ruled Thursday that a Texas law requiring pornography sites to institute age-verification measures — and add prominent warning labels about the alleged …
  • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
    4·
    10 months ago

    That would require you to disclose proof of your real-life identity to some dubious company for the purpose of unlocking porn. Definitely not privacy-preserving.

    • devils_advocate
      21·
      10 months ago

      The company you disclose your age and online reference to doesn’t need to know how their confirmation will be used. It could be an entity already knowledgeable (DVLA, IRS).

      But yes, if porn is the only use case then this method is self incriminating.

      • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
        4·
        10 months ago

        But yes, if porn is the only use case then this method is self incriminating.

        That is precisely the problem. It will mostly or only be used for porn.

        • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          10 months ago

          Not really. Most social media involves some rudimentary age verification, even though their age threshold is lower. Same goes for banking and interacting with government sites. Far from the only ones.

        • devils_advocate
          1·
          10 months ago

          Yes, mainly:

          Porn, licor, tabaco, gambling.

          But also:

          Jobs, dating, discounts, insurance etc.