Australians will have to verify their age to watch pornography from Monday. Here’s what you need to know

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• pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Won’t this mean people are pushed onto dodgier sites that refuse to comply with the law?

  See you all on tor.

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  • Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes. A study was released in the uk after doing similar verification said exactly that. The solution ofcourse is even tighter regulation

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    • x00z@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m loading up SD cards to sell to kids in alleys.

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  • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Gonna be waiting for boobies to load like dialup, line by line

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    • dumbass@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Get a hit of nostalgia before ya fap.

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    • teft@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      We got the deed done back then, you can do it today.

      If you time it right you’ll blow your load right as her tits load in fully.

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• fizzle@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Sure, lets normalise having to activate device cameras immediately before having a wank. I can’t imagine what could possibly go wrong here. I look forward to some high profile politicans getting blackmailed.

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  • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There’s a great Black Mirror episode that pretty much starts like that. Episode name is “Shut Up and Dance” for those interested.

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    • FundMECFS@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Only watch if you don’t mind watching terrible things happen lol. (I mean people should know that given it’s black mirror but just in case).

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  • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Nah. They do all their business in the Prayer Room.

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• Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Measures could include photo ID, facial age estimation, credit card checks and confirmation of age by a parent

  I’m curious how the last one works. “Yes, he’s my son and he’s 18, now show him some furry pussy”

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• dumbass@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That could mean that, if implemented, anyone using a VPN anywhere in the world to access the sites would have to verify their age, despite not being in Australia.

  Yeah, can’t see that going wrong at all.

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• shirro@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Two observations here. One on the legislation itself and one on the impacts.

  Firstly, not everything that claims to be protecting the children is being pushed for that purpose and our politicians may not even know the real reasons. Apparently in the USA similar legislation is being pushed by groups funded largely by Meta (Facebook). One reason suggested is that they have a massive exposure to fines in the US via COPPA and age verification could offer them protection. Ofcourse another reason might be that the tech industry is substantially funded by harvesting people’s information, habits and connections for various nefarious and profitable purposes and age verification can be a new source of information about people. There are companies like Palantir especially that will be attempting to mine as much of that information as possible. The eSafety commissioner’s previous employment and associations make her appear less independent that I would like. I also don’t believe most politicians really know who has been pushing for these changes.

  Secondly, not all adult sexual content online is the same. The “free” sites are funded by promoting paid sites and advertising. They had no age barriers. The assumption always was that these well known sites would be blocked by responsible adults using simple filtering software. They will now require verification for visitors from locations where that is mandated. The paid sites already have a form of verification via payments and likely nothing will change substantially. All the kids today, as they did decades ago, likely have a sad friend with a massive porn stash who happily shares it for social credit. So essentially the Internet is getting a partial reset to the late 90s before everything good got commercialized and a bunch of psychos got stinking rich of it. Bring on the P2P.

  Don’t age verify. Find another hobby.

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• suodrazah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Laughs in international IP

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