[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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[-] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Exactly - it's the parents' responsibility.

Imagine any government telling car manufacturers that they have to verify that everyone who starts their vehicles has a valid drivers license.

[-] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

Don’t give them ideas, this is exactly the type of shit they want to enact

[-] ares35@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

give it time. the government (us) wants to put interlock gadgets into every new car to prevent drunks from driving. driving under the influence is illegal and those that do are more likely to kill someone. so is driving without a license, and so are those drivers.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

There are also circumstances where it's legal to drive over the legal bac. If someone is having a medical emergency then it's legal to drive them to a hospital.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago

It's still illegal - however it's a defence to prosecution to say that there was a form of emergency or other mitigating factors.

As always, the wording and mitigations are specific to the jurisdictions.

this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2023

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