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Starting July 1, 2026, Iowa will begin enforcing a new age verification law for adult websites.

We've already seen this play out in more than 20 other states, including Utah, Texas, Florida, and Virginia. Instead of implementing ID verification, Pornhub and other Aylo-owned sites (such as YouPorn and Redtube) have chosen to block access in those states in protest, arguing that these laws create privacy risks for adults and aren't an effective way to protect minors.

If the same happens in Iowa, adul sites will show a block message instead of the website starting tomorrow.

So, how to bypass Iowa's age verification and porn site ban?

Don’t worry even if big websites will block their sites, there is still a way to reach the websites with VPN. Here’s how:

1. Get a reliable VPN. (NordVPN, Surfshark, PureVPN , etc.). Here’s a nice user made VPN comparison table that will help you chose.
2. Install it on your device.
3. Connect to a server in another US state where the sites aren't blocked, or a different country altogether
4. Open the site as normal on a incognito browser.

Here's what I don't like about it:

Supporters of the law say age verification helps keep minors from accessing adult content online. Personally, I hate seeing laws like this being treated as an effective solution. Requiring adults to upload a government-issued ID raises a ton of privacy concerns. You don't really know who's handling that data or how secure it actually is (most sites use Persona, which connected to Palantir).

And let's be honest, this probably won't stop determined minors anyway. If a teenager really wants to get around it, they'll figure it out in five minutes with a VPN or by using another site that doesn't comply.

That's why, in states with similar laws, Pornhub and other major adult sites have just blocked access instead of implementing ID verification.

What do you guys think? Is this actually protecting kids, or just creating a privacy nightmare for adults?