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Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre (toronto.citynews.ca)

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Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre::OTTAWA — A future Conservative government would change the law to require that porn websites verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the content, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre signalled on Wednesday. When asked whether his government would require porn websites to verify the age of users, Poilievre gave a one-word answer: “Yes.” […]

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[-] Apollonius_Cone@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Since they will trace ID through porn consumption will this then be tied to what types of porn that are watched through that ID to "weed" out LGBT?

Slippery slope PP.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 7 months ago

Slippery slope PP.

That's the point. Far easier to restrict rights when a previous government has done it.

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