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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was never exposed to porn on the internet as a child, outside of advertisements and typing website names wrong. I never looked for it either, if a child is actively seeking it out, its up to a parent to deal with it. People should stop making laws to protect bad parents.

[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

its up to a parent to deal with it

What a nice cherry on top of the hypocrisy pie. The party of "personal responsibility" and "small government" is perfectly happy when government is used to regulate sexuality and help out the irresponsible parents that don't want to spend time monitoring their children's Internet usage. Now young teens are going to learn how to use VPNs or just find the shadier sites that don't give a shit about U.S. state laws.

Both of which would be adequately addressed by parents learning how to use the tools that are probably already built into their router.

Exactly. Screw everyone on both sides of the aisle that thinks this is anywhere near a good idea.

If you hate porn, be vocal about tools to block stuff you don't like on your own network. Maybe even require ISPs to distribute that info to their customers. But don't force anyone to do it.