Pornhub shuts down in Texas to protest age verification law

Pornhub has disabled its site in Texas in response to the state’s online age verification law. The site now displays a message to users in the state that says having to provide an ID when accessing an adult website “is not an effective solution for protecting users online.” “As you may know, your elected officials … Read more

Pornhub disables access in Texas due to age verification law

Texas residents can no longer access Pornhub — without a VPN. As of Thursday, when people in Texas try to access any of the porn sites owned by Aylo, formerly MindGeek, they’ll instead see a long message in opposition to age verification laws. Laws requiring age verification on adult entertainment sites have already gone into … Read more

Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect

In the US, Montana and North Carolina have been leading the list of states with the highest number of searches for “VPN” over the past few days. That’s most likely because their new age verification laws have gone into effect on January 1, and adult websites are now either requiring a copy of visitors’ government … Read more

Pretend Pentagon assault hoax exhibits perils of Twitter’s paid verification

Shocking actually nobody, the mixture of paid blue checks and generative AI makes all of it too straightforward to unfold misinformation. On Monday morning, a seemingly AI-generated picture of an explosion on the Pentagon circulated across the web, although the occasion didn’t really occur. Inside about half an hour, the picture appeared on a verified … Read more