Do we know how the age verification process is gonna work or is this gonna be one of those neoliberal dystopian spystate kinda deals where the means of data collection is left to corporations only to be subsequently tapped by the state when the want to target individuals?
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Well it's been monitored by ofcom who we all know are the last word in inefficiency, corruption, and stupidity so I'm going to go ahead and guess that they're just going to say they're doing checks, and Ofcom just not going to check.
They're probably going to add a second pop-up after the "are you 18" pop-up that says "are you lying".
I wonder what a fake beard or mustache does as far as fooling the machine goes?
So all of the mainstream porn will be blocked, leaving all of the niche and special-interest stuff available? Excellent, excellent...
Interestingly there are noticeable absences from that list.
Perhaps that's by design, there's no reason the politicians would make their own lives more difficult.
If UK really wanted to protect the kids, they would've jailed Transphobe JK Rowings for hate crime
The UK is transphobic too though.
Oh no. Some hackers hacked out database and released all the ID information on high profile people. Oh such whoopsie, we made.
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I'm sure the most rigorous of data safety standards will be followed. After all they're being forced to do this I'm sure they won't take the cheapest possible route. Oh definitely not.
Depends entirely on how it's implemented, because the website doesn't need to know who you are, only verify that you are over 18. Which can be done reasonably securely - you generate a random ID on a secure service (e.g here in Finland, we use our online banking stuff for official verification purposes), give that ID to the website, and the only communication between the two of them is "Is id 123 valid and an adult? Yes/No".
Now, if that "secure service", most likely a government contract done as cheaply as possible turns out not to be, and they keep logs linking those IDs to the URLs requesting verification, then the entire thing goes belly up.
So your bank now knows you accessed certain websites. And likely one or more middleware services. And you are okay with that?
Was an example of the security, not who is running the service. But I mean, guess who knows if you pay for OnlyFans or stuff like that?
Your bank.
And like I said, it's only really secure if the service doesn't keep a database of logs connecting the two.
The bank doesn't know what people pay for, or who it goes to, they just know what account you paid into. They would have to go through and verify who owns the account and that's not an automatic process. Finding out the actual person or company behind an account requires effort, so unless there's some investigation that involves that bank account, they won't have that information.
🤡🤡🤡Lmao what? The amount of men calling up for some transaction error and I need to bring their account up and we can see EVERYTHING, the tinder premium subscriptions, the balding pills, the only fans. There's full access to the whole bank statements up until the account creation at the click of a button
There's been countless cases of bank tellers being fired for looking up their friends and exes to look up what is in their banks
No, come on, don't be disingenuous, you know that's not what I meant.
If I pay something to, Acme financial services LLC, you have no idea what that really is. They could make boxes, sports equipment, that could be an escort agency, you don't know. Pretty much every adult store is not going to have Sex Toys R Us, as their account name.
I seriously feel this. I've found a little site that dgaf what country or state you're in. I use a VPN if I want a change.
Garbage. This info will be weaponized by anyone who is willing to buy it.
Absolutely. Super easy to use this in blackmail. Especially in a country as repressed as the UK.
“PrOtEcT ThE ChiLdReN! 👆🏻🥴”
I can not hear that anymore!
Children need awareness, rather than shielding, concealment and tabooing.
silver lining, the kinks of the future are gonna be sooo fucked up.
"I showed you my elbow, pls respond 🥺"
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So much for being better than the US. Welcome to the downfall of modern society UK.
It's been happening for decades.
Indeed, it has been the same here.
mastodon has porn and you don't even need an account to use search. also, this will just drive people to use sketchy sites that won't follow the rules.
You can literally find porn on search engines. Google images is a bit restrictive but Bing, Duckduckgo etc will straight up show porn in the image or video searches.
This feel strangely like it has little to do with actually protecting kids...
It's more about penetrating your privacy but think of the children is the go-to argument to sugar-coat that.
Well they should at least give me a reach around if they are going to penetrate my privacy.
Someone should be asking what the sentence will be for kids who commit identity fraud and use someone else's ID to set up an account. It may flip the narrative to point out they are intentionally creating more criminal acts that will get kids in trouble with the law and possibly ruin lives.
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It's about making LGBTQ content "adult only" and using this same mechanism to enforce ID law on that content. They've been doing it in some USA states for a few years now. No one wants to be the Porn Politician that votes against it.
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If your kid has half a brain he'll do what we did as kids when porn sites were blocked on the home WiFi: He'll just get a VPN.
And when VPN websites were blocked on the home WiFi, we'd just download their apps on mobile data.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Better to educate your kids on their natural urges and letting them use the more moderated sites than have them go down the more dodgy rabbitholes. No kink shaming but some of the things people do are nasty.
I'm disappointed that Pornhub is apparently capitulating instead of blocking access entirely in protest, like they've done in other jurisdictions.
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VPN subs will be up and UK viewership will be nonexistent
So people too young or too privacy conscious to use those major platforms will move to nicher porn sites. Doesn't sound like a bad idea at all... /s
People are not gonna agree with me but, it makes sense to have age verification just like you have to verify your age for tobacco or alcohol.
Is there a paper linking gooning to cancer, why would you compare those things
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I don’t agree with him, but there are certainly health issues stemming from porn consumption.
Be it ed, or a mental health issue.
In what world is that risk comparable to cigarettes?
Even comparing it to junk food is a stretch, and nobody suggests we put age verification on chips.
My mental health is going to be equally fucked with or without porn. As for ED, I'm the only person I need to please so as the Aussies say; she'll be right.
Would it make sense for alcohol age verification if every household had beer taps installed? Because thats what internet is.
Its certainly the parents responsibility to make sure those kids dont drink. And if they do, there should be repercussions just like we have the same expectations with Gun use.
But it's disanalgous anyways. We make stores and establishments check for IDs. These websites are no different from these establishments, therefore they should also verify the age.
Its disingenuous to compare information flow to physical markets. They're not the same thing.
Yeah porn is definitely just "information flow", there's nothing beyond it and it can't affect minor individuals. Really? That's not disingenuous? So online gambling shouldn't be age restricted? There's no "physical" aspect to it.
Oh let's not forget, it certainly doesn't objectify women.
I mean it literally is just information flow - no? Doesn't mean it can't be harmful or dangerous but thats what it is and you equating to actions like gambling just show how's actually ignorant you are being here. Have a good day and don't reply to me thanks.
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