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LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
This is generally not the reason why people are against age verification laws. They’re against it because.
- Kids can find porn anyway, and they’ll just end up on shadier sites not regulated by your government.
- The potential for abuse for censorship, privacy violations, etc. is very high. This is already happening in the U.K. with an ID needed to view footage of police arresting protestors.
30p87@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Which also shows one thing: Kids and teens want to watch it. So they will. And just as with substances as drugs, prohibition failed spectacularly. And just as with other drugs, education by school but especially parents is key. There’s no way around it, if you want to actually protect kids.
But actually, everything claiming to be ‘safety for children’ is just a way to push totalitarianism.