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Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads (www.theverge.com)
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[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The most effective regulation here is from payment handlers.

Not sure what eventually became of this, but MasterCard shitcanned PornHub a few years ago. See https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52543508

I also see a statement from 2022 reinforcing that decision. https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2022/august/mastercard-statement-reinforcing-adult-content-standards/

I guess even that's not very effective since PornHub is obviously still in business. I wonder what their numbers looked like before and after.