Parental control software like Adguard or Adguard DNS family protection, filter out NSFW content like this website. A website doesn't even need to do a thing for it to work.

They don't care about anything other than watching you. They don't care how old you are. That's just an excuse.

Honestly, it might be a good thing long-run to have a higher percentage of users on VPNs. They aren't a magic cure-all, but they do help make it safer to use untrusted networks and discourage some things on the service side, like geolocating and data-mining users based on IP.

"This might address some security problems" is somewhat abstract to appeal to most users, I think. "VPN or no tits" is something that I think is more generally-relatable.

Temba, at rest.

Or does it make it more taboo and thus more appealing?

404 Media: we're not like the rest. Except when we are.

Its all porn, pornhub just prohibits itself from operating in states that pass this legislation.

The legislation in question requires you to prove you're over 18 to enter these sites. Whether that's through id or credit card info. However, this can lead to some pretty insane security issues. Just imagine if the id of every user along with their browsing data got leaked.

So instead, pornhub just refuses to operate in those states.

A surprising number of adult sites have been blocked. Most who abide by the block are the big branded companies. There are plenty who just ignore it, but those are mostly smaller aggregate sites that if one goes down, there are a dozen others just like it.

I'm not showing my driver's license to any porn website, that's stupid.

They purged everything for unverified uploaders in 2020:

"As part of our policy to ban unverified uploaders, we have now also suspended all previously uploaded content that was not created by content partners or members of the Model Program," Pornhub said in a company blog post, as first reported by Vice. The purge appears to have hit almost 9 million of the 13.5 million videos on Pornhub as of Sunday, or nearly two-thirds of all the content hosted on the site.

"This means every piece of Pornhub content is from verified uploaders, a requirement that platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter have yet to institute," the company added. "In today’s world, all social media platforms share the responsibility to combat illegal material. Solutions must be driven by real facts and real experts. We hope we have demonstrated our dedication to leading by example."

The swipe at other social media platforms is no accident. "It is clear that Pornhub is being targeted not because of our policies and how we compare to our peers, but because we are an adult content platform," the company added. Citing Facebook's transparency report, the company added, "Over the last three years, Facebook self-reported 84 million instances of child sexual abuse material. During that same period, the independent, third-party Internet Watch Foundation reported 118 incidents on Pornhub. That is still 118 too many, which is why we are committed to taking every necessary action."

Perhaps they have made the decision to treat all IP addresses that aren't officially marked as residential connections in known locations as being in international waters. As the wave of censorship continues, they'll most likely be required to block VPN users and other "data centre" IPs well before the VPN services themselves are banned.