I mean, isn't that first part exactly what the legislation was about? They want to ban porn and make people angry and desperate for a revolution. They're removing the circuses to go along with the removing the bread thanks to SNAP and other funds being frozen. They absolutely must want a violent revolution.
The age verification effect: adult site traffic plummets, VPN use soars
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Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 1 day ago
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 16 hours ago
You’re talking about America, which has nothing to do with the UK doing this.
FishFace@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is about the UK.
And no, it wasn’t about banning porn. You can listen to politicians and ordinary people talk about it and both are generally in favour for the same reason: making it harder for children to access porn, specifically.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
They’re lying to you. It’s 100% a porn ban
mang0@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Oh, if they say so then it must be the true. Politicians would never hide their true intentions to make their policies more appealing.
ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 22 hours ago
This is about the UK.
You didn’t notice how every western ❝democracy❞ introduced ❝age verification❞ bills simultaneously
as they were losing control of the Gaza narrative?vrek@programming.dev 1 day ago
It’s also about several us states. Plus why make it harder to access porn? It doesn’t harm anybody. It may make children ask some questions you don’t want to answer but overall… So??
I’m for regulating porn, actors and actresses should be paid, should be protected from sti, should not be forced or coerced. But access? Who cares?
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
I’m confused, if VPN use soured for that very reason, wouldn’t traffic remain roughly the same?
jacksilver@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
The article mentions this. They only mention a 77% drop in visits from the UK, but VPNs have seen increased use. So most likely people in the UK are using VPNs to view porn (however, they don’t mention other countries numbers being up or down).
Additionally, they call out that most likely people are also going to sites not following the law. This has always been a big issue with these laws, in that they push people to more extreme/unregulated sites rather than actually curbing the behavior (which is a problematic goal in the first place).
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I’ve been worried about that since all these fools started talking about “banning porn.”
The sites that already broke the law (by hosting illegal content) were never going to comply with age-verification laws. If the more ethical porn options are law-abiding, then these laws create a feedback loop - sites that comply suffer from reduced traffic, while sites that ignore the laws become more popular.
I have zero doubt that, right now, there are people wandering onto truly harmful and disturbing material that they never would have discovered if they hadn’t been pushed to explore the fringes of the internet in search of porn.
Yeller_king@reddthat.com 23 hours ago
Some people use VPNs. Most won’t bother. You wouldn’t need many new VPN users to have a big percentage increase.
oneser@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Next up: “Why VPNs are ruining our lives/children and how this next law will ban them. Don’t worry, only bad people have something to hide!”
lvxferre@mander.xyz 16 hours ago
I wonder if that isn’t exactly the goal behind all this shit.
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Yes. Anything to extract more data from us and sell it
plyth@feddit.org 13 hours ago
As can be seen in Michigan.