No considerateness are taken for the children, this isn’t about them, it’s just populism & control.
Comment on Italy will be the latest country to require age verification for porn sites
themurphy@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
If we set aside the privacy nightmare this is, consider this.
Teens wont stop searching for porn. Would you rather they find it on not-moderated sites, that might also consist of illegal content? Or might consists of nudes from people than didnt consent to their picture being online?
Everything is just dumb about this.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 days ago
rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 6 days ago
yes you’re right but you and I both know they aren’t concerned about that because going back to your first sentence that’s what this is really about but masked as a “won’t anyone think of the children” so it’s easier to swallow (no pun intended)
themurphy@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
At least in the EU they will implement a verification system, meaning you only have to verify with the official government, and then you can use a anonymised token that gives the porn sites only the age.
It’s not perfect, but it’s far better than everything else suggested.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
the recent California law seems to be better. what it requires is the parent to be able to configure the age for an OS account. browsers can then check the age bracket, and enforce the limit instead of having the website do it.
dan1101@lemmy.world 6 days ago
True, it’s like the war on drugs, but drugs that can be perfectly copied infinite times and fully shared over the internet.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 6 days ago
and not to mention, the tools required to create it (maybe not the best examples, but still) are already in the possession of virtually everybody.