Pornhub per introdurre controlli di età nel Regno Unito “approvato dal governo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5v2lz5vl6o
di extraneous_parsnip
Pornhub per introdurre controlli di età nel Regno Unito “approvato dal governo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5v2lz5vl6o
di extraneous_parsnip
32 commenti
And what they going to do about reddit that is a far easier accessible porn source? These things are always silly and just push people to other sources
lol “… demanding photo ID or running credit card …” I guess mainstream p*** will be anymore… Kids will continue to watch whatever they want. Sometimes, I think whoever is in power doesn’t know the internet. It’s like putting a fancy gate but still missing the fence.
How will this affect my visits to Pornhub that I make using a VPN?
Apparently no one in the UK government has never heard of VPNs. I can assure you that every single teenager knows what a VPN is and how to use them. These restrictions will not at all stop young people from accessing this material. These new laws will only assist scammers and hackers in stealing identities.
Yeah noticed the same with Xhamster giving warning notices. VPN it is then!
Okay fine.
I’ll be the first to say the pun
…We’re fucked.
They will probably try and make VPNs illegal when this doesn’t work.
Anyone got that image of the gate in the middle of nowhere with no fence. This is that. Utterly pointless.
Just because the policy makers have 0 understanding of the Internet 🤦♂️ They seem to think because *they* can’t think of a way around it, that todays kids are not already discussing how to get around this if they don’t already know about VPNs
I remember the good old days of downloading porn on Limewire. Literally the best porn of all time.
What about Google Image Search ? You only need to select one option to unblur the results.
Haven’t we been talking about this for nearly 10 years now?
Incredibly naive law – it’s just going to push people towards shadier, unregulated sites (to quote a prominent scientist, “life will find a way”, especially when talking about teenagers and porn :p)
far better to invest in educational materials, resources for parents etc, content filtering/gatekeeping always backfires ><
(Couldn’t do my a-level physics coursework at school cause ‘rod’ in ‘graphite rod’ was filtered… and somehow router-level filtering once blacklisted the BBCs entire website for my parents, that was a fun tech help job XD)
I’d been worried about how the generations under millennials seem to be regressing in computer ability, so it’s nice to hear that they now have a reason to learn some new subversion skills.
I have a kinda similar take to this as people often do to legalising drugs.
It’s often safer to have an easily accessible legitimate source than push people to a sketchy source. if all the legit porn sites implement age verification, people including underage teens, will find other sources that are less regulated, and have sketchier content.
Underage teens will not just stop when they see that verification page, they will keep digging.
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This is concerning. They’ve pushed back against similar laws across the world, the fact they’re rolling over and accepting it in the UK either means we’re such a big market they can’t afford to close here for a few months, which is extremely unlikely, or their legal advice suggests there’s no possible avenues left to fight against the Online Safety Act.
I do think there’s ways around this, and it’s not a perfect policy.
But, I do think something serious needs to be done about Porn viewership about young people. My sister is a teacher – she says it’s doing permanent damage to young males who are increasingly misogynist and violent towards girls. There’s also studies which shows young males are now struggling with penetrative sex as they’re too used to watching porn.
From a female perspective it creates distorted notions of what sex is – and is creating social pressure for them to be more sexually liberal and try more “hardcore” things.
I really feel sorry for that generation, exposed to stuff like this from such a young age.
“Click YES if you are you over 18”
<clicks yes>
“Welcome to PornHub”
All the people going on about VPNs and how this won’t actually make a difference. Most people, even teenagers, are not Redditors and won’t be arsed to set up a VPN to watch porn, so it will make *some* difference. Whether it will make as much difference as the government hopes is an entirely different matter.
Just to let you know what it is …
It’s linking with your Google Account and that is how age checks are seemingly being done. So far the only Porn websites are xHamster and Pornhub. And its not a requirement yet.
Funnily enough I bet the main stream porn sites will end up requiring ID whilst lesser known gay content sites will get away with requiring ID.
This just feels like another half-baked attempt at “protecting the kids” that’ll drive traffic to sketchier sites. If teens can bypass school filters to watch TikTok, they’ll find a way around this too. Classic case of politicians treating the internet like a physical space they can police with ID checks.
Can’t wait to apply for my government wanking licence. Wonder if you’ll be able to get them at the post office.
That will be directly plugged in to the Governments AI database. And all your porn habits will be tracked.
Imagine thinking this will actually stop being viewing porn.
Xhamster is doing the same…..according to a friend who told me….. apparently.
Onus should be on the parents to protect their children online.
And yet the most poisonous things ever invented, “X” “Facebook” etc are free to pollute every fucking thing.
Govt can fuck off and do something useful ,like helping it’s citizens
So the government is now going collect data on what porn we look at……..thats is creepy
All this will do is drive people (including -18) to less legitimate and moderated websites, people will be exposed to more extreme and sketchy home made porn.
Ok….so now what about women shaking their asses for minors on Twitch? what about try on hauls on youtube where it’s basically just women wearing see through dresses and wiggling their tits and ass, oh right i forgot they said it’s not sexually gratifying so that makes it ok.
*Taps the sign* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4FpTyhIIo