PornHub Exits France over Totalitarian KYC
France demands porn sites have to start ID'ing visitors
PornHub exits France!
France used to be the city of Love. Now you need KYC to jack off alone.
Dictator Macron has declared PornHub (and all porn sites) have to start ID’ing visitors. This is a huge deal for the porn business, where the visitors clearly want to be anonymous. In response, Pornhub bounced like a one-night stand. C’est fou!
Come on down to Simplified Privacy’s VPN and route your traffic from another country, but..
Big Picture
Take a step back, and you’ll see… They are trying to first get ID verification from just the “unsavory” sites. Then eventually they want it to spread to all websites. The goal is to end anonymous speech, so Macron (and other leaders like him) can’t be criticized.
Past behavior
The evidence for this kind of behavior can be seen in the EU’s push to force browser certificates that reject websites the EU government doesn’t approve of. As well as a long history of trying to get data, including:
France’s past VPN restrictions
Yes, it’s good to use a VPN. But it’s also critical that you continue to use decentralized platforms/protocols such as Nostr, Bastyon, Session, and Arweave. As someday, they may be the only places we can go without ID and checkpoint control.
French
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