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Of course the question is what sites get the definition of 'adult'. There are nude photos on Flickr after all... And even if in the US porn isn't forced into the .xxx tld by law, for other countries they may jump on it much faster. Then of course there is the issue of a slippery slope. What other content could be forced onto certain tlds by law?
Exactly! Whose definition? How do they enforce it country to country? They are idiots.
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It would certainly make the job of censors and puritans everywhere much easier.
Puritans? What about parents?
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Puritans? What about parents?
Yes, it would make the jobs of parents easier. But I think the downside for everybody else isn't worth it. There are a lot of restrictions that we could put on society that would make the job of parents easier but that aren't good ideas if you look at the whole impact.
This is not the same as general purpose censorship, which I do not think should be made easier to censor.
Do remember that someone in a different (more permissive) country voluntarily described his stuff as porn. So you don't really have an issue of it being applied incorrectly.
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Yes, it would make the jobs of parents easier. But I think the downside for everybody else isn't worth it. There are a lot of restrictions that we could put on society that would make the job of parents easier but that aren't good ideas if you look at the whole impact.
Yah, I don't think restricting access to self-described porn has all that many downsides. Governments that would do that, already restrict it, this just makes it easier for them, but the benefits to parents far outweigh that. This is not the same as general purpose censorship, which I do not think should be made easier to censor. Do remember that someone in a different (more permissive) country voluntarily described…
Wouldn't make a difference in some places, but I bet that in some borderline cases, it could push them over.
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Yah, I don't think restricting access to self-described porn has all that many downsides. Governments that would do that, already restrict it, this just makes it easier for them, but the benefits to parents far outweigh that. This is not the same as general purpose censorship, which I do not think should be made easier to censor. Do remember that someone in a different (more permissive) country voluntarily described…
I think the technical aspect isn't the only one. There's also a psychological dimension that makes is different to just block a whole domain vs. making a list of thousands of sites. Wouldn't make a difference in some places, but I bet that in some borderline cases, it could push them over.
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I think the technical aspect isn't the only one. There's also a psychological dimension that makes is different to just block a whole domain vs. making a list of thousands of sites. Wouldn't make a difference in some places, but I bet that in some borderline cases, it could push them over.
It's better actually - the censor does not have to decide, the publisher of the material decides.
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You think that'd stop them from also having a list? It would just make it easier to get started.
Are you aware that you are arguing in a circle?
1) Lists of blocked sites are harder to implement and make people swallow.
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2) they aren't mutually exclusive with blocking whole domains.