Spawn_of_Apathy Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Millions blocked from porn sites as free speech, child safety debate rages across US WWW.USATODAY.COM Pornhub disabled website access to Texas users due to the state's age-verification law that aims to protect minors from sexual material. Not the first state porn sites have blocked due to legislation. Part of me thinks this is just giving these fucks what they want, by essentially shutting down operation in the state. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 @CastletonSnob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 This is complicated one for me, yes free speech but porn consumption is obviously a societal negative and exploitation is very prevalent on these sites too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 6 minutes ago, TUFKAK said: This is complicated one for me, yes free speech but porn consumption is obviously a societal negative and exploitation is very prevalent on these sites too. I struggle to think of an industry that isnt built on exploitation. It’s surely can be more predatory and physically harmful in the porn industry. Which seems more like it needs legislative protections for its workers, not slowly trying to legislate the industry out of existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I think of Pornhub more of a positive and possibly less exploitative than the "porn industry" because this and something like onlyfans, you can have people doing their own thing, doing what they want, without being exploited by someone. That's not to say there aren't people that that's happening to but I think those type of sites are conceptually more safe than going to a big porn shoot and signing contracts, being harassed by people, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 make the switch to hentai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 54 minutes ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: I struggle to think of an industry that isnt built on exploitation. It’s surely can be more predatory and physically harmful in the porn industry. Which seems more like it needs legislative protections for its workers, not slowly trying to legislate the industry out of existence. I’m in favor of heavier regulation especially due to the very real societal harm involved not it’s destruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 It sucks because I wouldn’t trust a state government (especially one with Ken Paxton in the mix) to maintain a verified list of end users. But also it should be harder for kids to access that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 What can OpenAI whip up for some people? imagine how much better Shrek is Love could look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 2 hours ago, TUFKAK said: I’m in favor of heavier regulation especially due to the very real societal harm involved not it’s destruction. I get the exploitation angle but "societal harm" sounds like incel talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 6 minutes ago, Jason said: I get the exploitation angle but "societal harm" sounds like incel talk. It’s an equivalent concept as alcohol to me. Most people can consume it with no issues, some can’t. Porn addiction is a thing and can absolutely impact real world relationships, especially in developing minds etc. Also no clue incels rage on this. Seems kinda counterproductive to me personally, but who cares what those losers have to say on this topic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 29 minutes ago, TUFKAK said: but who cares what those losers have to say fixed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Let's assume we want to age restrict porn access. I don't think having the porn sites manage the verification is the right mechanism. Instead, sites should be required to sign their server with an age requirement which is simple to implement. Then web browsers provide verification. Ideally, there should be a common protocol for that used by all web browsers with open source implementations for it. I would suggest using a government issued pass-key like system with a government hosted database of valid public keys (but no identity), but I'd have to think about the details. This lowers the barriers for websites and, puts the burden on the government for regulating the keys, and makes it easy for all browsers to set up so that you get very easy and immediate broad protection across all sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Sounds like something for parents to worry about, not the government. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Xbob42 said: Sounds like something for parents to worry about, not the government. Woah there. Parents don't have time to do something like that. With all the time they spend ignoring everything else in their children's life in order to safeguard how other people rise their children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 We have this in Virginia and I can’t say anyone is upset tbh. If you want it you can still get it who cares, go touch grass (and not yourself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 4 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: We have this in Virginia and I can’t say anyone is upset tbh. If you want it you can still get it who cares, go touch grass (and not yourself) Fuck that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link200 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 We have it in NC (big surprise right?) It is literally legislation with minimal teeth. Foreign based websites literally don't give a fuck and give you open access regardless of where you live. This only hurts the US porn industry. People will just meander to other options. Indiana has a bill where people will be able to sue sites that don't implement the identification measures. Not exactly sure how they will sue foreign sites like XVideos that is regulated by EU law. The republican view of the internet continues to remain myopic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Sometimes Verizon assigns my cellular IP to Virginia and then I get blocked by some porn sites, it's annoying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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