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What are your thoughts on restricting children’s access to pornography online? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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There are a lot of GOP-controller legislatures in the USA pushing through so-called “child protection” laws, but there’s a toll in the form of impacting people’s rights and data privacy. Most of these bills involve requiring adults to upload a copy of their photo ID.

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[–] 62 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I think it has nothing to do with children. It is about requiring ID registration for online services so that identities can be tracked. Every time authoritarians want to push another mechanism of control it's always "about the children".

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Ultimately, I agree with you and that’s why I’m against these laws, but I really do wish there was a good way to do it anonymously. Porn is not good for kids and it’s pretty much impossible to keep them away from it without drastic measures that are more harmful than porn.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Not sure if it’s actually possible given how far outside out evolutionary context internet porn is, but the correct solution here would be to train your kids to deal with the temptation of dopaminergic reinforcement buttons.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    What if the block is more harmful than just letting curious kids sneak a peek at porn sites? If all the legitimate places to get porn block anyone without ID then a lot of those prove will seek out unregulated places - they're going to see far worse things and be in communication with potentially very dangerous people.

    And of course the next step would be to totally limit any access to the internet to stamp out any unregulated communication and file sharing thus giving the corporations a total monopoly on the internet... It's not about protecting kids it's about controlling all of us.

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