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Today, Explained

Childproofing Pornhub

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

States want to restrict kids’ access to harmful content online via age verification systems. New York Times reporter Natasha Singer explains how a wave of new legislation could dramatically reshape the internet. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you're a youngster in America who wants to see a rated R movie, you're probably going

0:06.4

to get carded.

0:07.8

If you want to buy an adult magazine, if you can find an adult magazine somewhere anymore,

0:13.5

you're likely going to get carded.

0:15.6

You are definitely going to get carded at the strip club, but for decades now, individuals

0:21.1

of any age have been able to watch all the online porn they can get away with, which

0:27.0

is totally twisted.

0:29.1

And now, there are a bunch of laws being passed to change that.

0:33.4

The pornography that is on the internet today is not your daddy's playboy.

0:36.4

Even joke, it's not the hustler that people probably hit underneath their bed.

0:40.1

This is really hard core pornography, and it's just freely accessible to children.

0:44.6

And so we know it's harming them.

0:46.8

And now, as a legislature, I can do something about it, and I did.

0:52.6

Getting carded for online porn.

0:55.2

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