Pornhub apologized to "loyal visitors" blocked in two states this weekend.

PornHub just blocked Mississippi and Virginia. Texas will be blocked on September 1, and Montana in January.

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[…] it’s important to understand that these laws are less about protecting minors, and more about restricting the open Internet. State-level regulations that primarily target adult sites are tremendously ineffective at keeping minors from accessing adult content.

I’m not sure, besides pornography, what qualifies as adult content. Could things like Lemmy be affected by such laws?

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