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VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website.

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    Blocking porn has got to be the most "why even bother" thing

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      Age verification requirements.

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      wow, didn't expect that from france. I thought they, of all countries, would be less prudish than Texas about porn. 😬

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        Dr. Cox was right: “I’m fairly sure if they took porn off the internet, there’d only be one website left, and it’d be called ‘Bring Back the Porn.'”

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          I'm shocked that this many people feel the need to disobey a rule that is only there to help the children. Next step must be to ban VPNs altogether, and enforcing all Internet users to be identified with their real identity (/s obviously).

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            Out of the loop here, why did Pornhub leave France?

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            France passed a law requiring porn sites to verify age of all site visitors. Pornhub is blocking France instead of forcing its visitors to provide ID.

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              I mean for context with the TikTok comparison using a VPN didn't get you around the TikTok ban unless you also made an entirely new account.

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              • passepartout@feddit.orgP [email protected]

                I'm shocked that this many people feel the need to disobey a rule that is only there to help the children. Next step must be to ban VPNs altogether, and enforcing all Internet users to be identified with their real identity (/s obviously).

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                Teacher, leave the kids alone!

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                  Anyone with more than two brain cells to click together could have told them this would happen. Some of them did. Not that they would/did listen.

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                    Blocking porn has got to be the most "why even bother" thing

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                    Political theater. "Won't somebody think of the children?" is an easy win for politicians.

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                      Dr. Cox was right: “I’m fairly sure if they took porn off the internet, there’d only be one website left, and it’d be called ‘Bring Back the Porn.'”

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                      Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Tumblr the Depraved?

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                        wow, didn't expect that from france. I thought they, of all countries, would be less prudish than Texas about porn. 😬

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                        Texas isn't the first. I think it was started by Germany? I know the UK banned women's orgasms and Australia banned hentai. Heck, India apparently banned porn altogether, ineffectively.

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                        • passepartout@feddit.orgP [email protected]

                          I'm shocked that this many people feel the need to disobey a rule that is only there to help the children. Next step must be to ban VPNs altogether, and enforcing all Internet users to be identified with their real identity (/s obviously).

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                          Jokes on them I just have an incredibly high volume of DNS traffic

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                            I mean for context with the TikTok comparison using a VPN didn't get you around the TikTok ban unless you also made an entirely new account.

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                            That's because they banned the accounts.

                            Anyone who has an account on pornhub deserves their ban.

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                              Texas isn't the first. I think it was started by Germany? I know the UK banned women's orgasms and Australia banned hentai. Heck, India apparently banned porn altogether, ineffectively.

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                              Germany didn’t do anything like that. Britain tried to ban porn like this but realized it’s a terrible idea and stepped back from it.

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                                BTW, who even had the brilliant idea to block pr0n for French of all people?

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                                  Political theater. "Won't somebody think of the children?" is an easy win for politicians.

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                                  Except it's fucking awful to wait for buffering over Tor or a VPN

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                                    Dr. Cox was right: “I’m fairly sure if they took porn off the internet, there’d only be one website left, and it’d be called ‘Bring Back the Porn.'”

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                                    Does oglaf count as porn?
                                    Asking for a friend.

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                                      Germany didn’t do anything like that. Britain tried to ban porn like this but realized it’s a terrible idea and stepped back from it.

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                                      Ironically, it was PornHub’s parent company that was set to run the UK age verification scheme.

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                                        Political theater. "Won't somebody think of the children?" is an easy win for politicians.

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                                        Plus an excuse to collect more data.

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                                          Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Tumblr the Depraved?

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                                          I hate how hard this made me laugh

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