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At the dawn of the new year, Pornhub will leave Florida. Thanks to a harsh new age verification law that takes effect on January 1, the porn giant will no longer do business in the sunshine state. The law mirrors similar laws passed in other Republican led states where Pornhub has stopped doing business.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

While Pornhub pulling out of Florida (US) may not be the end of the [email protected], the underlying trend of pornography criminalisation for "modesty" can easily translated into sexual control and control of sex.

As we all know by now, sexual control is gendered against women and queers, racialised, et al.

Control of sex on the other hand is well substrated in Anti-Choice or bodily autonomy-denying discourse as well as population control for classist, racist etc. motives.

Since when is Florida scared of sex? Since it hates minorities. (IMO)

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

further, paradoxically, denying access to porn puts women in more danger. most porn consumers will probably just get a vpn and roll with it. but enough of them will translate their frustration into violence against women for it to be a problem. we know this because we've seen it before. sex work is degrading, dehumanizing, and exploitative, but banning it consistently makes it worse, not better, for the people most endangered by it.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 hours ago

Conservatives love losing freedoms.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 hours ago

The milf and step sister markets are about to take a hit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

"Welcome to the club." - a Texan

[–] [email protected] 180 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, it kind of writes itself, but yeah. Sometimes the easy ones are, in fact, the best ones.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago

First time I heard it as a joke was from George Carlin discussing how wars are inherently phallocentric.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

So it can finish on FL's face?

[–] [email protected] 99 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It’s probably a good thing not to put your dick in anything from Florida.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The old rule of don't put your dick in crazy

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Republicans hate the free market

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

I mean, yeah, otherwise they'd want regulations that prevent it from being manipulated by individual rich people, but they have always been against anti-monopoly regulation and other protective regulations.

"Free market" doesn't mean free from regulation, it means free from interference in the supply and demand of the product. But there's still a need to prevent other forces from interfering with supply, including from those participating in the market. If a single company prevents any competition from entering the market, that is what's not "free market".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Does anyone know if something changed with PH in Texas? It used to require a VPN and had a notification of the new Texas age verification law, but now I’m back to being able to browse it without a VPN.

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

Nope, still blocked for me.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

Pornhub should come out with their own vpn service as a fuck you to the gop. Because while they may not “service” certain states, I’d bet those citizens still use pornhub and other sites.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Don't want them to ban vpns

[–] [email protected] 1 points 30 minutes ago

Just curious, but how would that be enforced?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 hours ago

It's good to be a VPN service these days. I bet business is up.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago

They can probably include it with PH Premium.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Good.

So crazy how floridians are able to get legislation like this passed, but can't do anything to help their legions of hicks living in trailer parks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

The legions of hicks love this kind of virtue signaling oppression and don't mind that they're stuck in a trailer park. Priorities.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago

It doesn't even manage to block access to porn. For god's sakes you'd have to block the entire Internet.

I probably shouldn't say that or they'll get ideas. It's all performative.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

But it's literally the penis-shaped state!

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

The penis is flaccid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

If I found myself in Florida, I'd pull out before I finish too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

On my tits...whaaaat?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Probably easier to just leave Florida.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

>open World news

>it's News

*up-close picture of cat*

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

gotta buy me vpn stocks.