This is what people who actually understand human behavior were warning would happen. Remove an easy method, and people will transition to one that is more difficult to track. And the more difficult it is to track, the more likely the material will become even worse than what you were trying to stop people from accessing.
ZanthrinGamer on
“charity” you mean narcs?
Denny_Crane_007 on
And so kids get driven to the darker sides of the web….even less regulated than the mainstream stuff was before.
Who’d ‘ve funk it… 🤣
londoherty on
I know this is a pretty cold to take, but a lot of people I know have started to use VPNs as a result of the OSA, which can only be a good thing to be honest.
Ill-Ad3311 on
Just as Captain Obvious enters the room .
christurnbull on
Take note, Australia
Kurnelk1 on
Tell me some of these sites to avoid…
Joessandwich on
Yo stop snitching.
Clbull on
Out of every guy I know only one has actually verified their age with PornHub. The rest have turned to VPNs
doomiestdoomeddoomer on
It was never about protecting the children.
VagueSomething on
Experts warned this would happen. This law now makes those who follow the law at high risk and makes children and those who work around the law at higher risk.
This was never about safety. It was always about puritanical censorship.
RustyNK on
Charity can mind its own business
Amadacius on
Also predictable: regions that ban porn sites like Texas often have provisions to not ban social media sites that allow porn, like reddit and Twitter. It’s something like banning sites where “>60% of the content is porn”.
Which basically pushes the market towards creating platforms that are a blend of porn and non-porn. Which OBVIOUSLY exposes children to porn more.
The UK law actually includes social media sites like Reddit though.
IcestormsEd on
Not half of those surveyed. No, half of Britons. 🤣🤣. Clickbaiting is getting nuts.
IngwiePhoenix on
Go to youtube, type in “The internet was made for porn”. You will find a little musical quip and you will like it.
And, it also perfectly and exactly explains this, lol.
soundguyjon on
And in other news that completely states the obvious, the sky is blue.
Everyone saw this coming including the charities, campaigners and government. This will just be the start of even tougher clampdowns to online freedom.
As others have said, it’s not about the children. If anyone wants to find or do something enough they will regardless of what you put in place. Maybe start educating people on the dangers of the internet and the world and having difficult conversations with kids rather than just putting roadblocks in place.
But ultimately it’s not about that, it’s about censorship, so let’s just keep on pretending to be outraged to justify these mad laws.
fletku_mato on
So you’re saying if you can get 0.01% of porn sites to implement age verification or blocked, people will move to unregulated sites? How could anyone have seen this coming?
Sudden_Mix9724 on
Unregulated sites A.K.A the other side of reddit..
Mr-RS182 on
So the government put restrictions on something and it pushed people to get it from dodgy sources? Who would have guessed that outcome.
hypothetician on
The other half use VPNs.
Deep-Procrastinor on
I have to ask how they know this as no one watches porn right ? Right ?
aloo555 on
Perverts will always find a way
Spyrothedragon9972 on
Nanny state.
TDVapermann on
And?
AwkwardRent5758 on
Which one are the unregulated one? 😂😂😂😂
Lofteed on
the word Bootleg just gained a whole new meaning
flemtone on
The thing that annoyed me the most about this age verification bullshit is that imgur images no longer work in sites I use.
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wow, who could have predicted this outcome?
This is what people who actually understand human behavior were warning would happen. Remove an easy method, and people will transition to one that is more difficult to track. And the more difficult it is to track, the more likely the material will become even worse than what you were trying to stop people from accessing.
“charity” you mean narcs?
And so kids get driven to the darker sides of the web….even less regulated than the mainstream stuff was before.
Who’d ‘ve funk it… 🤣
I know this is a pretty cold to take, but a lot of people I know have started to use VPNs as a result of the OSA, which can only be a good thing to be honest.
Just as Captain Obvious enters the room .
Take note, Australia
Tell me some of these sites to avoid…
Yo stop snitching.
Out of every guy I know only one has actually verified their age with PornHub. The rest have turned to VPNs
It was never about protecting the children.
Experts warned this would happen. This law now makes those who follow the law at high risk and makes children and those who work around the law at higher risk.
This was never about safety. It was always about puritanical censorship.
Charity can mind its own business
Also predictable: regions that ban porn sites like Texas often have provisions to not ban social media sites that allow porn, like reddit and Twitter. It’s something like banning sites where “>60% of the content is porn”.
Which basically pushes the market towards creating platforms that are a blend of porn and non-porn. Which OBVIOUSLY exposes children to porn more.
The UK law actually includes social media sites like Reddit though.
Not half of those surveyed. No, half of Britons. 🤣🤣. Clickbaiting is getting nuts.
Go to youtube, type in “The internet was made for porn”. You will find a little musical quip and you will like it.
And, it also perfectly and exactly explains this, lol.
And in other news that completely states the obvious, the sky is blue.
Everyone saw this coming including the charities, campaigners and government. This will just be the start of even tougher clampdowns to online freedom.
As others have said, it’s not about the children. If anyone wants to find or do something enough they will regardless of what you put in place. Maybe start educating people on the dangers of the internet and the world and having difficult conversations with kids rather than just putting roadblocks in place.
But ultimately it’s not about that, it’s about censorship, so let’s just keep on pretending to be outraged to justify these mad laws.
So you’re saying if you can get 0.01% of porn sites to implement age verification or blocked, people will move to unregulated sites? How could anyone have seen this coming?
Unregulated sites A.K.A the other side of reddit..
So the government put restrictions on something and it pushed people to get it from dodgy sources? Who would have guessed that outcome.
The other half use VPNs.
I have to ask how they know this as no one watches porn right ? Right ?
Perverts will always find a way
Nanny state.
And?
Which one are the unregulated one? 😂😂😂😂
the word Bootleg just gained a whole new meaning
The thing that annoyed me the most about this age verification bullshit is that imgur images no longer work in sites I use.