More than TikTok's US ban doesn't mean much given TikTok blocked user accounts who originate from the US regardless of VPN location
Edited for clarity: given ~~they~~ TikTok blocked, user~~s~~ accounts
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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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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Blocking porn has got to be the most "why even bother" thing
Political theater. "Won't somebody think of the children?" is an easy win for politicians.
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It's not about blocking porn.
It's always about control. Conservatives want to control how you consume sexual content.
It's not about that either. It's about connecting photo ID to browsing profiles and deanonymising the internet.
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I have to admit, of all the nations on earth, I never expected this sort of puritanical theatrical authoritarianism out of the french.
They've been trying to block it for many years now.
France has been going downhill for quite some time. Many proposals for chat control and tracking... even recently, we got a law proposal that aimed at banning E2EE 😵
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They should actually take to the streets (again). Not joking. What is this nanny-state BS?
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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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How about you just parent your children? But it's not about the children, that's just always the convenient excuse
Out of the loop here, why did Pornhub leave France?
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.
Age verification requirements.
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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Why do the French even need Pornhub when their basic movies are very porn adjacent?
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