articleThe Brief Pornhub is urging Texas and other states to reconsider website-by-website age-verification laws. Pornhub is pushing for states like Texas to rethink their age-verification laws, saying they're ineffective in preventing minors from accessing pornographic content on the internet. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, calling the current age-verification laws "performative, ineffective, and unenforceable." Big picture view:Beyond seeking out adult websites that do not adhere to age-verification laws, Pornhub said some were using virtual private networks to work around restrictions by hiding their phone's location and bypass firewalls. Texas age-verification lawThe backstory:Abbott signed House Bill 1181 in June 2023.