Popular porn sites now display unproven health warnings thanks to Texas law
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Popular online adult film sites in Texas have published Texas Health and Human Services" disclaimers warning visitors about the unproven health risks of watching porn, reports 404 Media. The move comes after a US appeals court temporarily overturned an order blocking a Texas law that required porn sites to verify users' ages and display government health warnings.
Though they don't require age verification, every Vixen Media Group site - which includes Deeper, Blacked, and Vixen - now displays factually debatable disclaimers warning that porn is potentially biologically addictive" and proven to harm human brain development." The warnings appear to users within the state of Texas.
These pop-ups also claim porn increases the demand for...