Indiana is trying a new way to control access to online porn. State officials say that porn websites should block users who visit through VPNs. According to them, this would help enforce age-verification laws and stop minors from seeing adult content.
Indiana already has a law that requires porn websites to check that users are over 18. In many cases, this means asking people to upload an ID or use a third-party verification service. The state argues that VPNs make these checks useless, because VPNs hide a user’s real location.
In simple terms, Indiana believes that if porn sites allow VPN traffic, they are helping people avoid the law. подробнее...

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