From the article: “Unsurprisingly, this skyrocketed searches for the best VPNs. According to a SlashGear report sent to Mashable, searches for “Texas VPN” jumped by 1,750 percent in the past day. It also spotted a 1,600 percent increase for the phrase “How to access Pornhub.””
—Terms Of Service, PornHub
They will never allow themselves to become subject to any kind of accountability, or oversight, or call it whatever you will—in so far as it would concern any interest of anyone outside of their existing tax haven—be it age verification according to the State of Texas, or be it anything else. They would totally nullify their own terms and conditions as of the most recent change if they did, which is why they’re not, and they’re never going to make any legal change in order to accommodate anyone who is not Cyprus, simply because they would stand to lose revenue currently pocketed to taxes if they did.