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[Discussion] How do you feel about age verification on Porn sites? (lemmings.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Rustmilian@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Porn sites Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat face stricter requirements to verify the ages of their users after being officially designated as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

I personally have mixed feelings, as the information collection could be used to link individuals and profile them. Possibly leading to discrimination if abused.

But I also feel that any random kid shouldn't be able to just go to these sites and see porn freely.
Ofc, there's always going to be those who mange to circumvent any protection put in place but it'd be much harder then just clicking a link or typing in the address.

I also feel that parents should actively monitor their kids online activities and step up a Blocklist to pro-actively prevent kids from reaching these sites to begin with.

What are your thoughts on this?

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[+] ElleChaise@kbin.social -51 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 27 points 10 months ago

Watching porn ... terrorism.
I think I'm missing a few steps here.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm making the assumption that you're not deliberately daft enough to conflate the two issues of "a cheeky tug looking at some low resolution grot" and "mass casualty attack planning", but surely you must see the difference between harmful content and porn, and why measures should be taken (however easy to circumvent) to disrupt terrorism or other large-scale atrocities?

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Those are crimes. I don't think it's a crime for a kid to look at pornography.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 2 points 10 months ago

Fuzzy space (not that one), a lot of places it might get squished into the enabling/promoting deliqancy type rules. If you give beer/smokes to an underage kid you can be tagged for it.

On a practical level proving any of the above is near impossible, but it might get you on the local's radar if it keeps being accused.

I do think we have it backwards in America where prime time crime drama is no problem but everyone freaks out over a butt cheek, but at the same time it's not healthy to let little kids dig into some things unguided and before they're ready.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 8 points 10 months ago

We should be charging parents if their kids are that bad.

[–] DaDragon@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

What? It is not illegal for children to access pornography. It is at best illegal for people to allow children access to pornography. (Outside of countries where pornography is banned outright)