Porn has become an unlikely battleground issue in this presidential election.
Republicans, by and large, want to ban it.
Democrats dont and theyre running ad campaigns in key states targeting young men to remind them of that fact.
© FTW Pac
Banning porn isnt hypothetical.
Its happening right now.
On Friday, Oklahoma Senate Bill 1959 entered into force in the state.
What, exactly, does that mean?
Oklahoma wants the sites to see a drivers license or other form of ID before users log on.
Rather than comply, Aylothe parent company of Pornhubhasgeoblocked its sitein Oklahoma.
If youre logging into the site from an Oklahoma IP address, it wont let you in.
Aylo has been consistent in its messaging about this.
Since then, our traffic in Louisiana dropped approximately 80%.
These people did not stop looking for porn.
Two different PACs have made porn an issue this election cycle.
Polls and research show that young men are breaking for Trump in a big way.
Theyre also the demographic most likely to look at a porn site.
He snatches the phone out of the young guys hands and tells him hes not allowed to do that.
You cant tell me what to do!
Get out of my bedroom, you creep!
Im just gonna watch and see to it you dont finish…illegally, the GOP congressman says.
Another group, FTW PAC, is spending less money and getting more visceral.
FTW PACtold NPRthat its only raised $100,000 but that the ads theyre buying are super cheap.
Its a five second static image with Trump and J.D.
The text reads Trumps Project 2025 will ban porn.
Enjoy it while it’s possible for you to.
Then the ad tells watchers to Google Trump porn ban.
The ads are running before porn videos online in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Would Trump actually ban porn?
Project 2025, which Trump has attempted to distance himself from, is clear on the issue.
The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned.
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