At the dawn of the new year, Pornhub will leave Florida.
The law mirrors similar laws passed in other Republican led states where Pornhub has stopped doing business.
Users in Florida visiting Pornhub have been treated to afun popupin recent days.
As crazy as it sounds, its true.
In many states, its winning.
The law is broad.
What does it mean for material to be harmful to minors?
Theres a lot of wiggle room in that.
HB3 also has a provision thats meant to keep minors off of social media websites entirely.
Its an overreaching law thats drawn the attention of theACLUand theFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Pornhubs response to these laws has been geoblocking the states where theyre passed.
Florida will join the list on January 1.
These laws create a substantial burden on adults who want to access legal sites without fear of surveillance.
Louisiana was the first state to pass an ID law like this.
When it happened last year, Pornhub complied.
It said its traffic fell 80 percent in the state.
These people did not stop looking for porn.
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