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Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by mdp2021 »

sandspar wrote: post #83

I support banning porn. You've got coordinated "teams" of men, most of them diagnosable sociopaths, who work as a group to manipulate and destroy teenagers. For every one woman you see on a porn website, there's a network of 10 men who are working as a coordinated team to manipulate her. Most of the young women are from broken homes, many of them are low IQ, and many of them were sexually abused as children by male a…

You should provide sources. And after that, you could be presented other sources that present much cleaner environments. It will depend.

...So, what you have said is "Shoes are made in sweatshops: ban shoes".

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Replying to the dead post below: yes, you have as if declared that "all shoe production is substantially like torturing geese for foie gras", but we note that "producing shoes does not necessarily involve torture", hence "you cannot ban shoemaking because of local abuses".

Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by TacticalCoder »

callamdelaney wrote: post #66
ghusto wrote: post #17

> A more technically sound approach would be content controls directly implemented on the devices parents chose to give their children Passive aggression level 10, and I approve.

This is the only true solution. Parents need to take responsibility for what their kids are doing online, what they’re viewing and who they’re talking to. This generation of parents should be prepared for that but apparently not.

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Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by nichol4s »

Another service which tries to fill this gap with a unique offering is https://getadultpass.com/

They basically add 'verification headers' to the original website through a proxy solution, allowing visitors to browse sites with some level of age verification regardless of their location. They are more focused on the 'privacy aspect'.

Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by ulbu »

amriksohata wrote: post #77
callamdelaney wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the only true solution. Parents need to take responsibility for what their kids are doing online, what they’re viewing and who they’re talking to. This generation of parents should be prepared for that but apparently not.

This never happens tho - parents dont sometimes even know how to use the tech. Its like giving a gun to a child and telling them its ok, just remember when you open the packaging to take the safety off. ...and oh yeh the safety software changes every few months so you will have to review it

default to parental guidance enabled.

Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by jimbob45 »

david-gpu wrote: post #32
azrrik wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

people have things they don't want everyone to know. how is wanting a small amount of privacy ridiculous?

Why would anybody even want to know the porn you watch? And what would they do about it, or how would that affect you? "Hey, Jimmy, I went searching for your porn habits and found that you are into fat redheads. Shame on you, shame on you. You are now excommunicated from... Somewhere" . How is this not a much bigger social faux pas for the accuser rather than the accused?

Didn’t Armie Hammer get fired from everything for being into (but not in any way practicing or even hinting at wanting to practice) erotic cannibalism?

Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by SpicyLemonZest »

callamdelaney wrote: post #80
amriksohata wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This never happens tho - parents dont sometimes even know how to use the tech. Its like giving a gun to a child and telling them its ok, just remember when you open the packaging to take the safety off. ...and oh yeh the safety software changes every few months so you will have to review it

Apparently the average age of mothers is 30 - these parents should understand the risks of technology having be exposed to it themselves but we don’t seem to be seeing improvement in this area like we might expect.

The problem is that they also understand the benefits of technology. It's easy to limit "screen time" in the abstract, and not too hard to keep it going through toddlerhood if you want. It's much harder to tell your 12 year old that they're not allowed to stay connected with their friends when your own friends just sent you a meme in the group chat 5 minutes ago.

Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by seszett »

jacob019 wrote: post #48
outside1234 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait what? You can't do a Paternity test in France?

Wild. What is the rationale?

You just can't order a test for someone else (your child) without their consent (so both parents, and a judge because parents don't have absolute rights over their children).

Courts order paternity tests just fine though when there is a reasonable doubt.

The people concerned can always refuse to be tested though.

Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by DocTomoe »

nashashmi wrote: post #78
mirekrusin wrote: post #57

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Drugs too. Doesn't seem to stop ones that want to do it though by looking at some neighbourhoods.

It does stop kids from being openly advertised drugs and makes it difficult for kids to get drugs. That is the whole point of legislation, not to eliminate but mitigate.

I can assure you the average teenager in a western country has absolutely zero issues getting their weed. In fact, the older you get, the harder it becomes (as your social circle tends to shrink once you have a job).

Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by sandspar »

mdp2021 wrote: post #91
sandspar wrote: post #83

I support banning porn. You've got coordinated "teams" of men, most of them diagnosable sociopaths, who work as a group to manipulate and destroy teenagers. For every one woman you see on a porn website, there's a network of 10 men who are working as a coordinated team to manipulate her. Most of the young women are from broken homes, many of them are low IQ, and many of them were sexually abused as children by male a…

You should provide sources. And after that, you could be presented other sources that present much cleaner environments. It will depend. ...So, what you have said is "Shoes are made in sweatshops: ban shoes". -- Replying to the dead post below: yes, you have as if declared that "all shoe production is substantially like torturing geese for foie gras", but we note that "producing shoes does not necessarily involve tor…

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Re: After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes

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Post by godelski »

amriksohata wrote: post #77
callamdelaney wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the only true solution. Parents need to take responsibility for what their kids are doing online, what they’re viewing and who they’re talking to. This generation of parents should be prepared for that but apparently not.

This never happens tho - parents dont sometimes even know how to use the tech. Its like giving a gun to a child and telling them its ok, just remember when you open the packaging to take the safety off. ...and oh yeh the safety software changes every few months so you will have to review it

  > Its like giving a gun to a child and telling them its ok
Might not be the best example if you visit the American South...

I get your point and I think you're right, but I'd suggest a different analogy or lean in a bit more saying give it to a young child with no training.

The irony is The South is where these porn laws are happening...

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