Porn sites try different tacks to wriggle out of US age assurance obligation

The most popular network of pornography sites on the internet is blocking access by users in five more states as the push and pull between online age verification advocates and pornographers widens.

Pornhub and its affiliated websites will block users from Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska over age assurance requirements, citing concern for the privacy of their users, The Verge reports. The sites have already been blocked in seven other states.

The states require users to …

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