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Ohio Republicans pass pornography age verification ID law as part of state budget • Ohio Capital Journal
(ohiocapitaljournal.com)
It may be small government but that's how they're winning.
https://kindbridge.com/online-pornography-age-verification-laws-by-state-map/
States with Active Age Verification Laws (25 Total)
- Alabama - HB 164
- Arizona - HB 2112 (effective May 2025)
- Arkansas - SB 66 (effective July 2023)
- Florida - HB 3 (effective January 2025)
- Georgia - SB 351 (effective July 1, 2025)
- Idaho - H 498 (effective July 2024)
- Indiana - SB 17/Act 17 (effective August 2024)
- Kansas - SB 394 (effective July 2024)
- Kentucky - Law passed
- Louisiana - HB 142 & HB 77 (first state, effective January 1, 2023)
- Mississippi - SB 2346
- Missouri - 15 CSR 60-18 (effective November 30, 2025)
- Montana - SB 544 (effective January 2024)
- Nebraska - LB 1092 (effective July 2024)
- North Carolina - HB 8
- North Dakota - HB 1561 (effective August 1, 2025)
- Ohio - HB 96 (effective September 30, 2025)
- Oklahoma - SB 1959 (effective November 2024)
- South Carolina - Law effective January 2025
- South Dakota - Law effective July 1, 2025
- Tennessee - Law effective January 2025
- Texas - HB 1181 & HB 18 (upheld by Supreme Court June 2025)
- Utah - SB 287
- Virginia - SB 1515
- Wyoming - Law effective July 1, 2025
States WITHOUT Age Verification Laws (25 Total)
- Alaska
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
It’s meant to be ironic. Government so small it fits in your pants.
State governments can still be big and intrusive. This idea that small government means states can do whatever they want to abuse their citizens is a right-wing delusion.
Lol. I forgot about that saying and missed the irony. Thanks for the laugh, internet friend!
Porn is an easy target. Gets the religious psychos on board with generalized internet censorship.
They're building the Great Firewall of the US. Brick by brick.
The best part is, Blue sky is complying in advance and this is preventing Free speech. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/bluesky-rolls-out-age-verification-for-users-in-ohio/
It isn't just religious nutjobs.
"Porn addiction" is right up there with "seed oils will give you super diabetic cancer" in terms of the kind of stupidity that pervades both the left and the right. There is mass widespread vilification of masturbation and sexual health. Sometimes it is based on "God wants you to wear a hat and not masturbate". Sometimes it is based on the idea that pornography is inherently demeaning to women (there is definitely some fucked up shit out there, but the 00s/10s saw the rise of "chick porn" and onlyfans et al have continued along with the focus that porn can be good for more than just the dudes who want to see some hairy taint pounding away at an inflamed vag because ludes are cheaper than lube).
And basically no influencers are going to stand up for it. Partially because porn is inherently competition for them (time you spend rubbing one out is time that could otherwise be spent falling asleep to ishowspeed reruns). And partially because they don't want to be vilified as "gooners" for... supporting sexual health.
And yeah. Once the framework is in place it becomes REAL easy to extend it towards the real targets: LGBTQ+ content.
As an aside, a couple months back I saw a REALLY wild thread on reddit about how men should sit down to pee and make sure to blot any urine with toilet paper. At first I thought it was just a bit but then I saw people lose their god damned minds at some (presumably) guy who explained that if you just give it a quick shake after you finish you are looking at a few drops, at worst, in your underpants and that is nothing. Definitely give it a rinse if you are about to engage in sexual activity but you aren't going to "reek of piss" all day.
They went insane and insisted it is closer to an ounce. This led me down a rabbit hole of checking people's profiles (bursts of insomnia is fun) to see this is a regular argument and more or less coming to the conclusion that, at least for a good many of these people, it is not just a complete lack of hygiene. Which got me googling (actually asking chatgpt and then verifying once I knew what terms to search for) and you know what is associated with (medical term) leaky dick syndrome?
That's right. Weak (again, medical term) schlong muscles. And you know the best way to exercise that? That's right! Kegels and ejaculation!
Yes Fap November, let's goooo
you can also just give the gooch a lil squeeze after peeing to push out the remainder left in the pipes.
Step 1: Become elected GOP cretin
Step 2: Repeatedly screech about a moral panic
Step 3: Legislate some shit law that is full of things that benefits whoever bribed you to get it to the floor
Step 4: Go back to diddling kids until you're outed publicly
Profit?
As long as Step 4 doesn't happen, then yes. Repeatedly.
This is disgusting
I 100% agree with you. Fuck those fucking fuckers.
Must be 18+ to watch porn
Must be 18- to watch porn while sitting on the lap of one of these legislators
So which Republicans own stock in VPNs?