Rhode Island wants you to pay to watch sites like Pornhub

If some Rhode Island state lawmakers get their way, legally of-age residents of the Ocean State may soon have to pay $20 to access free online porn websites like PornHub and YouPorn.

The bill, proposed by Democratic state senators Frank Ciccone and Hanna Gallo, is meant to shield minors from the wilds of the web by putting the responsibility for online porn on internet service providers (ISPs). It orders them to block sites that publish “sexual content and/or patently offensive material” unless an internet user pays a one-time fee of $20, provides proof they are at least 18 years of age, and makes the request to unblock the content in writing. Read more…

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