The number of US states in which Pornhub has blocked access is set to increase by one in the New Year after lawmakers passed a controversial law about adult websites.

Pornhub, the leading adult content and pornographic website for users across the globe, has already removed access for residents in 12 US states, where anyone attempting to access the site will be met with a message which says: “403 – This state is not whitelisted.”

It might seem like a bizarre move for such a popular site, but Pornhub’s decision comes in response to age verification laws which have been put into place in states across the US.

Pornhub is set to be blocked in 13 states (Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Where is Pornhub already blocked?

At the time of writing (December 18), the pornography site is already blocked in the following states:

• Kentucky
• Indiana
• Idaho
• Kansas
• Nebraska
• Texas
• North Carolina
• Montana
• Mississippi
• Virginia
• Arkansas
• Utah

The.blocks come in response to age verification laws (Getty Stock Photo)

Where else will Pornhub block access?

As of January 1, residents in Florida will lose their access to the website as it responds to a bill signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in March.

The law requires anonymous and standard age verification be put in place on adult sites, and any websites which fail to oblige may be fined up to $50,000 per violation by the state Department of Legal Affairs.

At a press conference, DeSantis said: “You can have a kid in the house safe, seemingly, and then you have predators that can get right in there into your own home. You could be doing everything right but they know how to get and manipulate these different platforms.”

However, Pornhub has argued that this need for verification poses a privacy risk for its users.

Pornhub users are met with a warning that it is set to be blocked (Pornhub)

What has Pornhub said about the law?

The website now features a notice for users in Florida which reads: “Did you know that your government wants you to give your driver’s license before you can access PORNHUB?

“As crazy as that sounds, it’s true. You’ll be required to prove you are 18 years or older such as by uploading your government ID for every adult content website you’d like to access.

“We don’t want minors accessing our site and think preventing that from happening is a good thing. But putting everybody’s privacy at risk won’t achieve that.”

In a statement to Florida Today, Pornhub’s owner Aylo had made clear that it supports age verification of users, but it believes the law ‘must preserve user safety and privacy, and must effectively protect children from accessing content intended for adults’.

“Unfortunately, the way many jurisdictions worldwide, including Florida, have chosen to implement age verification is ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous,” a spokesperson said.

UNILAD has reached out to the governor’s office for comment.

An adult entertainer who has slept with men from all over the world has spilled the tea on her worst and best lovers (so far).

Adult entertainer Coco Bae has slept with men from over 40 countries and counting.

Some of these include America, Canada, the UK, Israel, Australia, Haiti, and Coco wants to eventually cover all 195 countries.

As her mission continues, the adult star has been ‘collecting flags’ from each nationality she’s slept with to keep track of her sexual escapades.

“My rules are to count the country on his passport, not where the dude happens to be living at the time of our encounter,” she said.

Coco Bae works in the adult industry. (cocosinstaworld/Instagram)

Listing off the countries she’s ‘visited’ (if you get me), Coco went on to tell PerthNow: “I’ve had men from America, Canada, the UK, Israel, Australia, Haiti, El Salvador, Holland, Norway, Greece, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Belize, Djibouti, Nicaragua, Italy, Guatemala, Switzerland and Argentina.

“And then Honduras, Costa Rica, Thailand, Russia, Columbia? I’m not sure. Albania, Brazil. India, Spain, Peru, Lebanon, Algeria, Croatia, Serbia. Armenia, Scotland, Ukraine and New Zealand.”

Impressive.

Coco also answered the question on everyone’s minds: which countries have so far been the best and worst in bed?

Coco is trying to sleep with one man from every country in the world. (cocosinstaworld/Instagram)

According to the adult star, Latinos are the most ‘intense’ in bed.

“My lovers from Brazil were the most enjoyable to be with,” she said. “They were just up for having fun, whichever way it happens.”

Coco also revealed that men from more conservative countries are quite experimental when it comes to sex.

“Many of the conservative cultures enjoy the most ‘out there’ acts. For example, I have come across many Arab and Indian dudes who really like booty action in various forms,” said Coco.

As for the worst country in bed, apparently her most boring partners have been from Germany.

While they weren’t the best, Coco did praise German men being eager to please and how they apparently ask for feedback.

She also chatted to Australian radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O, where she shared what her experiences with Aussie men has been like.

“Australian men need to step it up a little bit,” she shared.

“You’re just not putting in any effort. And you need to wash your hands.”

Speaking of how much she loves a tradesman – a popular vocation in Australia – Coco encouraged guys to make sure they ‘scrub behind their fingernails’.

A fair point, if you ask me.

UnitedHealth Group’s CEO said the US health system ‘is not perfect’ in his first public response to criticism from consumers.

There has been an outcry and an outpouring of condemnation regarding the US healthcare system following the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare insurance company CEO Brian Thompson on December 4.

Thompson was walking to an insurance conference in New York City in the early hours of the morning when he was shot from behind outside of the Hilton Hotel.

Following the shooting, video footage of the incident began to circulate on social media and police called on the public for more information about the identity of the alleged killer, with suspect Luigi Mangione having since been charged.

Andrew Witty paid tribute to Brian Thompson (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

UnitedHealthcare is part of UnitedHealth Group and UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty reflected on the state of healthcare in an essay published in the New York Times on December 13.

Witty paid tribute to Thompson by calling him a ‘brilliant, kind man who was working to make healthcare better for everyone’.

He added: “We also are struggling to make sense of this unconscionable act and the vitriol that has been directed at our colleagues who have been barraged by threats.”

After describing all the different types of people who work for UnitedHealth Group, the CEO said: “We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people’s frustrations with it.

“No one would design a system like the one we have. And no one did. It’s a patchwork built over decades. Our mission is to help make it work better.”

Brian Thompson’s death has led to debates about healthcare (United Healthcare Group)

The CEO also defended UnitedHealthcare, the company’s health insurance segment, however he acknowledged that it shares some of the responsibility for a lack of understanding about decisions regarding care.

“Together with employers, governments and others who pay for care, we need to improve how we explain what insurance covers and how decisions are made,” Witty said in the essay. “Behind each decision lies a comprehensive and continually updated body of clinical evidence focused on achieving the best health outcomes and ensuring patient safety.”

Cops found suspect Mangione sitting at a table in the rear of a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a laptop, documents state.

In his possession Mangione, whose last known residency is Honolulu, Hawaii, had a gun as well as writings suggesting anger with corporate America, police claim.

On Tuesday (December 10), the computer science graduate – who is understood to have come from a wealthy family in a Maryland community, and was raised in Towson, outside of Baltimore – entered a plea of not guilty.