It's not surprising to me that the tracker seems to follow the Mason-Dixon. It's all about destroying adult entertainment through unbelievably high barriers of entry. I am glad to see states resisting; it seems like wealthy states are spearheading that.
Something needs to be done to solidify (1) the rights of adult peoples to view the content they wish to view, (2) ensure that parents are responsible for their children, and (3) allow businesses to conduct business and find ways to help #1 and #2.
I develop software that protects members areas through two-factor login authentication, so naturally I reached out to a handful of age verification services for integration. Mainstream prices are crazy high. I was quoted $1-3 per verification, and that's with a volume discount. My idea was to do the verification on login, once per account, but that was nixed. Three merchant account reps said their orders were to verify on every tour visit tied to a session.
It's much simpler to block these states on this tracker with MaxMind. It took the host an hour or so to implement for one of my clients.
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