https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/03\/12\/study-age-verification-laws-dont-work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“They found first that the passage of age-verification laws corresponded to a significant reduction in searchers for Pornhub, the dominant porn platform complying with these laws.
\nThat’s what proponents of age-verification laws want, right?<\/p>\n
Not so fast. The passage of such laws was also linked to significant increases in searches for XVideos, the dominant porn platform noncompliant with these laws.<\/p>\n
The researchers also found age-verification laws linked to an increase in searches for virtual private network (VPN) services, which can mask a user’s location, thereby allowing people in states where age-verification laws exist to appear as if they’re visiting websites from within a state where no such laws exist.<\/p>\n
“Our findings highlight that while these regulation efforts reduce traffic to compliant firms and likely a net reduction overall to this type of content, individuals adapt primarily by moving to content providers that do not require age verification,” states the paper.”<\/p>\n
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