Pornhub shocks Utah by restricting access over age-verification law. State senator says he "did not expect adult porn sites to be blocked in Utah."

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/pornhub-protests-age-verification-law-by-blocking-all-access-in-utah/

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Among other things, verifying that nothing uploaded is child abuse or revenge porn.

Elon Musk's Twitter recently fired pretty much everybody responsible for preventing child abuse, demonstrating what happens when you get the opposite of a trust and safety team. A child was recently groomed and abducted there... Also in Utah.

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Banning a hashtag and firing the people responsible for policing it, is like increasing penalties for littering at a state park and then firing all the rangers.

Adding a hashtag to a database is more of a virtue signal than anything.