Pornhub is blocking access for Arizonans after the state passed a law requiring rigorous age-verification measures — arguing people who can’t get access to the explicit site will simply go to “darker corners of the internet” for their fix.

The Montreal-based porn giant — one of the most heavily trafficked websites on Earth — argued Arizona’s new measures were “ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous” and would end up doing more harm than good.

Arizona’s new law comes into effect on Friday, and requires users to prove they are 18 years or older by submitting either a government ID, a credit card or uploading a photo of themselves — which explicit websites will then be required to delete.

Those requirements apply to websites that have at least 30% explicit content, which the law describes

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