Watching porn in Louisiana has become very difficult unless you are okay with submitting your driver’s license or government-issued ID to access porn sites.
This is thanks to a recently passed law that requires age verification for all websites containing more than 33.3% pornographic material (aside: we believe sites with only 33.2% pornographic material have a great opportunity ).
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How it works is that the porn website uses an app called LA Wallet to verify the age of its visitors. This requires her Louisiana ID or driver’s license.
It’s one thing to see this on paper and it’s one thing to actually experience it by trying to access, say, Pornhub. Twitter user Public Defendering documented the process on video and Tweet.
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In the video, we see the mobile version of Pornhub asking visitors to verify their age.
“Louisiana law requires us to put in place a process to verify the age of users connecting to our site from Louisiana,” reads the message. Thank you for your cooperation.”
Pornhub claims that it does not collect any data during this process and that it is “performed by a reputable service provider who specializes in age verification of online users”, although some people It’s easy to imagine that people aren’t too happy with official age verification. Documentation for accessing porn sites.
In particular, Utah Senator Mike Lee recently proposed a law requiring age verification when accessing pornographic websites on a national level (essentially Not to mention criminalizing it).
