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Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Re: Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Post by imwillofficial »

Buttons840 wrote: post #31

> “Because (children) are not developmentally ready to handle [porn], it leads to the problems of depression, anxiety and all the problems that go with that including and up to its most extreme form, suicide ideation and attempts,” Gibson said. Is this true? I have a young child and have a hard time imagining she would view porn as anything other than strange or bad being done by other people. I don't think she would…

This has been shown by quite a few studies. I’ll try to see if I can find some for you.

Re: Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Post by MegaButts »

jvanderbot wrote: post #22
lotsofpulp wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GOP policies have never been “small government” (in my life). They just like to say it.

They're happy to regulate people, just not businesses.

They're happy to regulate businesses that compete with businesses that contribute to their campaign spending.

Re: Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Post by imwillofficial »

ceejayoz wrote: post #39
fshbbdssbbgdd wrote: post #34

Let’s compare these sets of people: 1. who reacts most strongly to this story about deplatforming porn 2. who reacts most strongly to stories about deplatforming hate speech and incitement And try to figure out if the two groups have different principles about free expression, or perhaps the principles are irrelevant and only function as justifications when convenient for some kind of tribalism.

Government deplatforming and private industry deplatforming are vastly different things, especially at a Constitutional level.

They aren’t when tax dollars go into the pockets of BigTech, of which every single one of them has massive government contracts. Every one.

Re: Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Post by mywittyname »

luxuryballs wrote: post #18

I mean if it at all stops some kid from getting human trafficked or from getting a porn addiction at 12 then I can’t say that it’s one of the worst laws ever. States should be free to make these kinds of laws IMO, but not the federal government. There are plenty of states for all types of cultures to thrive without fighting. We should leave more things for the States/People to handle, 10th Amendment!

I feel like you should already be aware that this bill will do zilch to protect anyone from anything. The filters won't be effective and it will probably be trivial to remove them via factory reset or some other manner.

Chinese people have no problems getting around filters.

Re: Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Post by throwaway803453 »

When I think of my 5 year old nephew and all the threats our world faces, it all seems small compared to the threat he poses to himself. And of those threats smartphone porn-addiction seems the worst. It's like giving every child a pot vape pen or alcohol flask and then wishing them "good luck".

Seriously how do parents manage this and is there any young reader that cares to comment on how it affected them? If my high school had a dropbox filled with nudes and buddies sharing links there is no chance I would be able to concentrate. At least a filter on my phone would raise the barrier between study time and porn browsing. Not saying this law is the answer but it appears to address a real problem.

Re: Utah bill would require activated porn filter software on new phones, tablets

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Post by onychomys »

Threeve303 wrote: post #33

Is there a legal precedent already where a state forced a private company to include specific software on a device? The Microsoft breakup in the late 90s might be one example but even that was not about setting specific kinds of software as the default, just letting users choose the default. Looking down the line at state or federal mandates for this kind of stuff, it's easy to see it venture into backdoor encryption…

Sure, California does it in the auto industry. They mandate a certain miles-per-gallon rating, some safety stuff etc., and since they're the biggest state, all the car companies go along because they don't want to lose that market.

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Post by ceejayoz »

imwillofficial wrote: post #43
ceejayoz wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Government deplatforming and private industry deplatforming are vastly different things, especially at a Constitutional level.

They aren’t when tax dollars go into the pockets of BigTech, of which every single one of them has massive government contracts. Every one.

That's not how the First Amendment works. At all.
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