Pornhub has shut off access in Mississippi and Virginia to protest age verification laws that can involve checking government IDs. It previously blocked access in Utah.

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      This actually pushed me and a couple of friends to subscribe to Nord; I’d been thinking I should get a VPN for a while anyways. I looked through VPN’s and I ended up liking Nord’s feature set and price vs ExpressVPN. Never thought I’d use them back when they were EVERY video’s sponsor on YouTube lol.

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        If true that Nord lobbied for this, run away. That company will not respect your privacy.

        Mullvad is decent and has a track record of being subpoenaed by LE but keeping nothing, so having nothing to show. Tho I’m sad they just got rid of port forwarding (only affects seeding torrents)

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          Nord VPN also keeps logs and has handed them over to police forces.

          So far I’m like the proton suite, have my email and VPN through them.

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      Sauce? Big if true but the self licking ice cream cone exists.

      The largest non-ID age based verification company currently is owned by pornhub. So, them blocking access in states that aren’t cooperating (which the law is dumb anyway) is more than just a “we don’t agree with the law” it’s also, “we will hold your state hostage until you use our platform”

      Sauce: https://medium.com/fingleton/dont-let-the-porn-block-give-mindgeek-a-monopoly-aafdfed270de

      Plus the text on their website saying “there are other ID options” = “buy our service”

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        I think op made a joke, there is no real evidence or suspicion, just half-serious conjecture.