Many cryptocurrency websites refuse services country by country, and in the United States case, I saw service restrictions on state by state level. Many financial services (overseas hedge funds) websites refuse access to US persons.
Pornhub Blocks All of Utah from Its Site
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#14i was curious what the splashy page looked like:
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/2023/05/01/pornhub-largest-po...
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
What problem has disappeared? There are still millions of porn sites accessible by Utahans of any age, no? (This is a genuine question. I’m not trying to be snippy, or even to disagree, just seeking clarification).
Yes, but I imagine that other porn sites are going to block Utah as well. That being said, nothing's really going to change unless Utah bans VPNs as well.
Websites that already flaunt the law (typically on copyright, but also on adult content distribution) because they're not US-based, will continue to do so. Only US-based operations will go to the trouble of blocking Utah. Which means Utah citizens will likely resort to non-US, less-regulated sites, making everything worse (more extreme content, less protections for people appearing in content, etc etc).
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#16Let's say, for some unexpected idiotic reason, ID age verification becomes widespread for more than just porn. Wouldn't that be the first thing people than start generating via midjourney and similar AIs? Fake ids to pass age checks?
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#17Let's say, for some unexpected idiotic reason, ID age verification becomes widespread for more than just porn. Wouldn't that be the first thing people than start generating via midjourney and similar AIs? Fake ids to pass age checks?
How is an AI-generated profile picture going to circumvent an ID lookup? States aren't considering facial recognition for age verification; they're going to require affirmative proof in the form of a state or federal ID that can be looked up.
(And note: on a policy level, this is fundamentally different from your neighborhood's bar having a conveniently broken ID reader: an online service can't meaningfully claim to lack the connectivity needed for ID lookups.)
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I've been developing B2C and B2B sites for 15 years.
There's state specific shipping, promotion, pricing, and exclusive service and products in nearly every site I've ever built. IF they do business outside the US at all they will nearly all block Russian and Chinese IPs.
Money killed the inclusive open internet sometime around 2008. Apps spit on its grave.
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#19Let's say, for some unexpected idiotic reason, ID age verification becomes widespread for more than just porn. Wouldn't that be the first thing people than start generating via midjourney and similar AIs? Fake ids to pass age checks?
You can't Midjourney a valid matching name and government ID number
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#20>> In 2021, Cox signed a law that would require device manufacturers to add adult content filters on all smartphones and tablets sold in Utah.
I know this isn't in effect, but won't this hurt only Utah? Just don't sell devices there. People will buy them across the border.