Ah. I was waiting for "this" thread. Yes, I've read about this for a while and was wondering how this will affect the industry, present and future.
First, read carefully what free porn sites like RedTube/PornHub have to say.
"Elected officials are requiring us to verify your age before allowing you access to our website. While safety and compliance are at the forefront of our mission, giving your ID card every time you want to visit an adult platform is not the most effective solution for protecting our users, and in fact, will put children and your privacy at risk.
In addition, mandating age verification without proper enforcement gives platforms the opportunity to choose whether or not to comply. As we’ve seen in other states, this just drives traffic to sites with far fewer safety measures in place. Very few sites are able to compare to the robust
Trust and Safety measures we currently have in place. To protect children and user privacy, any legislation must be enforced against all platforms offering adult content.
The safety of our users is one of our biggest concerns. We believe that the best and most effective solution for protecting children and adults alike is to identify users by their device and allow access to age-restricted materials and websites based on that identification. Until a real solution is offered, we have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to our website in your state.
Please contact your representatives before it is too late and demand device-based verification solutions that make the internet safer while also respecting your privacy."
So in essence, they are trying to organize a boycott, which I don't see happening.
This coincides with the sex worker industry, which is boycotting and protesting new laws that target sex workers and make their life more difficult, rather than targeting human traffickers. There's a big protest going on in Australia, UK as well as the US.
Long story short (Sorry, I tend to follow news in the adult industry) here are some free porn sites that still work in all 50 states:
YouJizz
XNXX
XVideos
xHamster (after you log in)
LiveJasmin
Stripchat
(List to be updated)
Why they still work and others don't, I assume, is that they are not based in the United States.
Because even if you're in Texas, the porn company residing in New York can be sued for not complying with Texas law.
In theory, any international site regardless of country can be sued by a U.S. state.
However, it's not likely to happen. Still, good time to be an overseas company not affected by any of this.
