PornHub Yanks Access for Texas-Based Users HotAir

So, what is the reason PornHub won’t comply with Texas state law? PornHub has a message that pops up when a Texas user tries to open the site. It says the law limits adults’ ability to access the material. PornHub said, “The law is employing the least effective and yet also most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas s stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors.  

The PornHub statement also says the law puts the privacy of users at risk. It argues that the burden of confirming users’ ages should be on the device they are using, not the websites they visit. 

In the summer of 2023, porn sites and their advocates came together to sue Texas. The group included more than a dozen businesses. It claimed that HB 1181 targets the free speech of internet platforms and individuals.” The group claims it violates the Constitution and the federal Communications Decency Act. 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Aylo Global Entertainment Inc. and Aylo USA Inc. The lawsuit alleges that the companies published and distributed sexually explicit material through websites like PornHub and fails to comply with the law.

A federal judge ruled in their favor and in November, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a temporary injunction that blocked the implementation of HB 1181.

via hotair.com

Karen Townsend.