You already have to show ID to see rated-R movies in the US. I don't see how this is any different.
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[edit] and that doesn't just mean “okay jimbob is a dirty dirty boy.” It’s also a handy way to create a registry of whatever the handlers think is the target perversion du jour.
[edit][edit] … and it's not even the government who's keeping that database, it's pornographers. Regardless of your political leanings or trust in the gov't, can you imagine a less trustworthy party to hand off your ID to? mein gott
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/HB01181F....
Edit: Key bit there, the commercial entity or third party verification “may not retain any identifying information of the individual”.
> $10,000 per instance when the entity retains identifying information in violation of Section 129B.002(b);
$10k per instance. If you have 1M users and retain their info, you're potentially facing a $10B fine.
The sites that were protesting these laws were saying they're concerned about such retention, so no doubt they're glad to know that they and their partners are banned from retaining that info and face extreme fines for doing so.