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Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor: Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment (variety.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/2168303

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would require you to disclose proof of your real-life identity to some dubious company for the purpose of unlocking porn. Definitely not privacy-preserving.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The company you disclose your age and online reference to doesn't need to know how their confirmation will be used. It could be an entity already knowledgeable (DVLA, IRS).

But yes, if porn is the only use case then this method is self incriminating.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But yes, if porn is the only use case then this method is self incriminating.

That is precisely the problem. It will mostly or only be used for porn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, mainly:

Porn, licor, tabaco, gambling.

But also:

Jobs, dating, discounts, insurance etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not really. Most social media involves some rudimentary age verification, even though their age threshold is lower. Same goes for banking and interacting with government sites. Far from the only ones.