Pornhub will not be accessible in Florida … a serious response to a brand new state legislation requiring age verification to go to grownup platforms — and one porn star tells TMZ the stand is a double-edged sword.

Here is the deal … Pornhub’s guardian firm, Aylo, opted to dam entry to attractive Floridians fairly than adjust to the legislation taking impact on Jan. 1, requiring a state ID be shared to show that would-be lookers are 18.

Maitland Ward tells TMZ … Pornhub is “not excellent” and will do extra to make sure minors should not viewing the free website, however as she sees it — Florida monitoring individuals’s porn habits is a slippery slope that’ll make horndogs mighty uncomfortable.

Applauding Pornhub’s stance, which is seen as standing free of charge speech, Maitland anticipates the choice will push extra individuals to paid websites of stars and, after all, OnlyFans.

Nonetheless, MW factors out that by pulling out of Florida, the favored Canadian-based website is alienating an enormous inhabitants which may maintain a grudge … in solely one of many 4 states the place it’s authorized to movie skilled porn … so the choice is an enormous deal.

Paid websites require a bank card, so sharing an ID with that info doesn’t appear as invasive … however once more — PH is free, so importing a driver’s license is seen as going too far.