UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018
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Re: UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018
#2Which will definitely, once and for all, stop teenagers looking at porn.
Definitely.
Re: UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018
#3I worry this will just funnel kids onto the kinds of porn web-sites that are unlikely to follow government regulations anyway, as they might have more damaging content.
Are there any cases where something like this has been rolled out elsewhere where the effects can be looked at?
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#4I worry this will just funnel kids onto the kinds of porn web-sites that are unlikely to follow government regulations anyway, as they might have more damaging content. Are there any cases where something like this has been rolled out elsewhere where the effects can be looked at?
Likely this will be implemented at the ISP level, I expect 99.99 of the sites would not care otherwise.
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#5I worry this will just funnel kids onto the kinds of porn web-sites that are unlikely to follow government regulations anyway, as they might have more damaging content. Are there any cases where something like this has been rolled out elsewhere where the effects can be looked at?
Alternatively they'll (continue to) go to Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, etc - the sort of sites that this law will have no impact on.
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#6I look forward to all teenagers learning what a vpn is and how to use one.
Re: UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018
#7Which will definitely, once and for all, stop teenagers looking at porn. Definitely.
Well, that will depend on how exactly the way the customers "will have to prove they are 18", as an example we know how no teenager under 18 would ever tick a box near "Yes, I am 18 or older".
On the other hand needing to provide a photo or scanned image of your driving license or passport AND give access to the web camera to the site to verify your identity, while reasonably effective might somehow produce as a side effect a reduction of customers.
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#8I'm expecting that the agency set up to police this will eventually be enforcing a policy of only allowing internet access to users who have a government assigned unique ID which will be tied to your entire online activity. first they justify it for porn, then for terrorism
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#9This is obviously preposterous, and there is basically no chance of it lasting or being significantly effective.
I am pretty curious though about what approach to safeguarding children might be effective – or indeed, if research suggests that it's required. It does seem reasonable that freely available pornography at a young age could have substantial effects on sexual and social development; before slamming into full-blown 'moral panic' mode, it might be good to know what those effects are.
Re: UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018
#10I worry this will just funnel kids onto the kinds of porn web-sites that are unlikely to follow government regulations anyway, as they might have more damaging content. Are there any cases where something like this has been rolled out elsewhere where the effects can be looked at?
Likely this will be implemented at the ISP level, I expect 99.99 of the sites would not care otherwise.
You still cannot effectively block every adult site even at an ISP level. There will always be smaller sites on the fringe that get missed.
It's basically the same problem as preventing online piracy.