Interesting Canadian petition...

[Nulloguy]

That sounds like it is something PH is doing voluntarily... I definitely see a not very hidden context of 'blame your politicians, not us" and apply thermal illumination (as in When they FEEL THE HEAT, they "See the Light"...)
WheelyFixed

Well, Pornhub certainly didn't write, pass, or sign the legislation into law, did they?

[WheelyFixed]

That sounds like it is something PH is doing voluntarily... I definitely see a not very hidden context of 'blame your politicians, not us" and apply thermal illumination (as in When they FEEL THE HEAT, they "See the Light"...)
WheelyFixed

Well, Pornhub certainly didn't write, pass, or sign the legislation into law, did they?

PornHub didn't write it or pass it... But exactly what could the banning states DO if instead they had simply ignored the ban and kept on doing their normal process? I'm making the presumption that everything they are putting on their site is compliant with laws relating to CSAM and so on, so what obligates them to do ANYTHING in regards to complying with such a ban... However by putting up that block voluntarily they nominally keep the politicians happy while giving them the finger at the same time....

WheelyFixed

[NaturalEunuch]

But exactly what could the banning states DO if instead they had simply ignored the ban and kept on doing their normal process?

If PornHub ignored the situation, each of the 19 states involved could hit PornHub with expensive damage lawsuits and/or issue daily fines for every day PornHub is in non-compliance with state law.

[Friotler7]

https://www.blogto.com/tech/2025/03/can ... b-tariffs/

A link that was sent to me by JesusA offline - it is politics of a sort, but seems at least somewhat relevant, though some of us might not have much interest in that sort of site for some reason...

Essentially it is a petition to block US access to the PornHub website which runs out of Canada as a form of retaliation for the recent tariffs...

Particularly interesting is that according to the statistics that PornHub collects about usage, the US is the highest %age of visitors, and the highest use state is UTAH, with the others mostly being the ultra conservative states in the deep south....

The line I found most amusing was

On average, viewers in the U.S. spent 10 minutes and 37 seconds on the site.

This left me wondering if they ended their visit by rolling over and going to sleep...

(I was a bit hesitant to post given the political aspect, but it seems funny enough to risk it...)

WheelyFixed

The hypocrisy

[Nulloguy]

Well, Pornhub certainly didn't write, pass, or sign the legislation into law, did they?

PornHub didn't write it or pass it... But exactly what could the banning states DO if instead they had simply ignored the ban and kept on doing their normal process? I'm making the presumption that everything they are putting on their site is compliant with laws relating to CSAM and so on, so what obligates them to do ANYTHING in regards to complying with such a ban... However by putting up that block voluntarily they nominally keep the politicians happy while giving them the finger at the same time....

WheelyFixed

It will be interesting to see how a Canadian company can be forced into compliance with US law. Really, the only thing the US could do is put a block on the IP serving the site, which seems contradictory to the US Constitution's 1st amendment prohibition of the government regulating speech, expression, and affiliation.

As others have mentioned, it's quite easy to get past, even if the government does that. I live in a state with such a prohibition and it's quite easy to "Nope" out of it. I can get around it quite easily. Not much the government can do about it, I'm an adult, and I'm free to view whatever I wish so long as the continent isn't harming protected classes.