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Vpn downloads just shot through the roof.
Nordvpn just upped their advertising budget in Louisiana >

Nordvp(or)n? >

So . . . they want people to input a driver's license (or state issued ID) in order to access adult content on the internet . . .
Yup, no way this could go wrong, is there? 🙄 >

Wait Bill Clinton is in 2400 locations simultaneously. >

Ted Cruz is in however many simultaneous locations earth denizens typically occupy at a given point in time, whatever that very normal amount is >

No no no, Ted Cruz is only one being and not several. >

Won't  change a thing.
Thats a standard in Germany for a long time.
You know how porn sites avoid this?
If you type 'pornside.de' you simply get forwarded to a foreign website like .com or whatever. Legally these sites are not in Germany so are not needed to have true age verification. In the end there is only one country needed with loose laws on this and 'local' sites just need to forward it there.
Sites will simply do the same for LA.
So many wrote VPN in the comments, but that would just complicate things. The method above is way smarter and the bar for entering the site stays as low as before. >

Good for VPN businesses, probably. >

American legislators trying not to put a bandaid on a problem and throw it behind a curtain challenge (impossible) (fascists must be pandered to) >

Great! Now do church. No one under 21 should ever be exposed to the Bible. >

That book is seriously pornographic. I know it's almost cliche to say it, but it still seems to evade a lot of people who only read specific verses that support what they want to do anyway. >

The bible tells me that any child conceived that is not from the woman's lawful husband should be aborted. It then proceeds to tell you exactly how to do it.
Two girls drugged and raped their dad.
God ruined a man's entire life just to win a bet with the devil.
I don't want my kids reading that filth! >

Reading the book of Job started my path of deprogramming my religious indoctrination. Seriously fucked up story. >

Yeeeeppp! That was one of the first “wait a minute” moments for me as a kid. >

Mine was Jesus yelling at a tree until it died because it wasn't blooming (and the story specifically stated it was out of season for it's fruit...) >

I am so sick of the “think of the children” bullshit. Anytime you want to pass some kind of conservative legislation, all you have to do is somehow make it about children.
“Pornography is destroying our children!”
Really? Not the evangelical indoctrination, distrust of science and myth of the American dream you’re shoving down their throats while you sit around stroking your guns and calling people illegals? I really wish these weirdos would take some goddamn responsibility >

Science says porn is bad for kids(adults too btw). Lmfao >

That's a little oversimplified, but I don't think you should get down votes for that. Porn in excess is demonstrably bad for everyone. Masturbation is healthy, and porn as masturbatory aid is normal, but excessive masturbation or consumption of porn has a detrimental effect on mental health and interpersonal relationships. >

To all the yanks that endlessly took the piss out of us Brits for this for years and years (btw, it never even became law in the UK at any point) all I can say is FUCKING LOL. >

Louisiana is literally the stupidest state, take a chill pill. You are now on equal footing with their decision makers. >


You are now on equal footing with their decision makers.

Apart from no, because it never happened over here. >

Sure, I realized that at some point, but ultimately people kept upvoting it. >

Anyone else notice how weirdly conservative the US is compared to other nations? God forbid your 13 year old whacks it to a vagina online, then he’ll forever be a sexual deviant and NEVER wait for marriage >

Yea bc porn is harmless right? Disagree with the approach, fine.. but deluding yourself into thinking that porn isn't fucking up your kid makes you a shit parent >

It's very similar to gambling, alcohol, and hard drugs, in the sense that it's addictive and will drive it's users straight into self destruction. There's only a few things as horrifying as how much power an addiction has over the human mind >


It's very similar to gambling, alcohol, and hard drugs, in the sense that it's addictive and will drive it's users straight into self destruction. 

None of which is the government's business so long as consent is involved. >

For minors? >

Consent. Which tradition and law has been based on age.
For example the gambling, if a person is able to own property, then they should be free to do as they will in giving it to charity or gambling it away. >

Old enough to give birth and be parents, but not old enough to look at boobs, apparently. >

Was never going to travel to a pro fascist state anyway. >

What you don't want to live right next to a petro-chemical factory and a refinery? >

and a state that loses a football field's worth of land to the sea a day? >

But not to carry a gun >

That's Louisiana. Everyone watches porn in L.A., regardless of age, since it's all made there. >

What’s the reason for this, did they conduct a investigation and discover to many kids are jerking off or something? Genuinely interested >

Nice state you got there, LA. Very small government-y. >

But banging minors is fine… >

VPN >

These politicians are fucking idiots, I hope this goes to federal court somehow. If a minor has T-Mobile on their phone here they’ll never be asked because all traffic is through vpn. This is all about collecting peoples information. >

Horny people these days should get off their devices for 5 minutes and wank to a book for once >

Tried it, now book won't open. 
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Didn't need to read the bible anyway. >

I don't agree with this law at all, but redditors are being seriously naive about how damaging porn is to children. Young people don't understand that porn is fantasy, and then destroy their chances to have real intimate relationships because of that confusion. >

This entire thread is tragic except two comments >

Its normal to masturbate during puberty, this will just make sexually repressed teenagers. If people couldn't masturbate til their 18-21 then they would just have sex >

Masturbation is normal, but it’s especially unhealthy to use porn at an age where your sexuality is still developing. Not sure if it’s an unpopular take and not sure this is the best way, but preventing juveniles from developing porn dependency is absolutely a good thing imo >


preventing juveniles from developing a porn dependency is absolutely a good thing imo

That's an alright take. Applying slippery draconian laws is not the right way to do this, though. >

I agree - definitely some problems with this - but not sure how we can make porn less accessible for minors without requiring some kind of proof of age, which works fine for other prohibited items, it’s just that this is digital. >

This hard turn towards religiousness is scaring the crap out of me. >

Porn is proven to do harm, you are just weirdly making it a religious topic. >

So does smoking and excessive drinking but LA hasn’t limited the drive through daiquiri bars yet. >

Except they have, in the exact same way. To buy tobacco or alcohol in Louisiana you need to be of an appropriate age (as defined by the state) and provide ID to prove you are that age. You don't need to agree to the approach, but your criticism that this is hypocritical is way off base. >

Republicans are coming for our ‘freedoms’ >

Wouldn’t this be a violation to interstate commerce laws if the servers are located outside the state?   They are effectively charging a tarrif on purchases out of state. >

why are americans so worried about sex? either it be gays, trans, straight, etc >

it's not just america. here in germany they want to implement the same shit (id checks for adult content) >

Get the fuck out of people's bedrooms!  Yeesh.
Someone needs to sue and get this to SCOTUS so they can kill this attack on first amendment rights.  Even as right wing as they are, I have a hard time believing they wouldn't have the votes to quash this law. >

Lol..SCOTUS. >

What about sites you don't have to actually pay for such as Instagram, facebook, snapchat, etc.   Is the only verification going to be through LA Wallet?   which many do not use to pay for porn sites with? >

Do you think facebook, instagram, and snapchat are primarily used for porn? All of them actively have restrictions against it. >

Seems like a lot of people here want minors to watch porn, but what could you expect when it’s Reddit. >

This entire thread is mind boggling. Probably are all in that demographic lmao >

What is concerning (besides the obvious one) is pornhub is the only one doing this, all others don’t require an id or input >

That or beads right?