Pornhub in Louisiana asks its users to prove their age with an ID card

According to US media, adult content sites in Louisiana have started asking you to prove your age by sending a photo of a document.

Pornhub in Louisiana asks for document verification

The service that Pornhub, one of the largest porn sites in the world, began to ask for such a method of age verification. It is not enough to enter the date of birth. It is required to go through the entire verification path, which is controversial in Louisiana.

The first step is to sign up for an account with the state’s public LA Wallet, where you must prove your age with an ID card or Louisiana driver’s license. Upon entering Pornhub, users are greeted with a window explaining the rules, and then must connect to their LA Wallet account to verify their age. Without it, it is impossible to even launch the main page of the platform.

This is the result of new regulations that require this form of age verification on all websites containing at least 33.3 percent. adult content. Republican state authorities passed laws to prevent or at least make it very difficult for children and young people to access pornography.

Of course, Pornhub ensures that LA Wallet only uses data to verify age compliance and does not store personal information or track user activity. However, as Mashable writes, many users do not feel comfortable with the need to provide such services with data from official documents.