I wonder what the result of that would be. Ad-supported sites would certainly take a hit because people who don't pay won't want to hand over private information for nothing (they can just go to foreign free sites).
As for subscription services it could go either way. People already have to hand over their CC data anyway, so that wouldn't change anthing. If the government tries to get their grubby hands on that data it could deter people from subscribing, though.
BTW here in Germany we already have an official-ID requirement for porn sites (anything 18+ really). Of course that only affects German sites and requirements were so strict and unrealistic that they AFAIK either shut down or moved to other EU countries. Some tried to fight in court but eventually lost because nothing they did to verify age was ever good enough.
I wonder what the result of that would be. Ad-supported sites would certainly take a hit because people who don't pay won't want to hand over private information for nothing (they can just go to foreign free sites).
As for subscription services it could go either way. People already have to hand over their CC data anyway, so that wouldn't change anthing. If the government tries to get their grubby hands on that data it could deter people from subscribing, though.
BTW here in Germany we already have an official-ID requirement for porn sites (anything 18+ really). Of course that only affects German sites and the requirements were so strict and unrealistic that they AFAIK either shut down or moved to other EU countries. Some tried to fight in court but eventually lost because nothing they did was ever good enough.
I wonder what the result of that would be. Ad-supported sites would certainly take a hit because people who don't pay won't want to hand over private information for nothing (they can just go to foreign free sites).
As for subscription services it could go either way. People already have to hand over their CC data anyway, so that wouldn't change anthing. If the government tries to get their grubby hands on that data it could deter people from subscribing, though.