“develop a technological standard that might turn a user’s electronic device into the proof of age necessary to access restricted online content.”
Can we not? Can parents just take care of their kids like they have for thousands of years instead of futility trying to babyproof the internet for a minority of people? Jesus.
Especially since parenting is the only thing that’s going to actually work. Do you think kids won’t figure out a VPN? If they heard enough to type “pornhub”, they’ll hear about the one extra step.
And there are worse things on the Internet than porn. Some likely on Roblox.
You’re just going to have to parent your kid with or without this nanny state blocking scheme.
It’s like mandating all cars need to have an ignition interlock because some people drive drunk.
That was the opinion of the Supreme Court nearly 20 years ago in Ashcroft vs. ACLU, but here we are.
Yeah fuck the state. Only overprotective, power hungry loosers work there anyways.
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Can parents just take care of their kids like they have for thousands of years
Okay, so lets be certain that kids do not have a direct connection with every intelligence agency, mafia and terrorist organization in the world right in their pocket, just as they did not for thousands of years. Now, to be clear I really don’t like the approach they’ve chosen here (I think we need to go much deeper into the fundamental design of the Internet), but I would hope it’s not a controversial statement to assert that our society has taken a very sharp turn for the worse ever since the Internet became ubiquitous in children’s development, and I think that really ought to prompt discussion about how it’s being used.
In other words parents need to be parents and take care of their kids, glad you agree with the OP.
Not sure why you’re taking a tone which suggests you think I don’t agree with you.
Are they going to institute the same rules for every online streaming service? Because what if the parents don’t set up controls and their kids watch an R rated movie?
This is the parents responsibility and there are tools to keep kids from seeing harmful content.
pulls out heh
Also rages on.
Ha
“PornHub pulls out” 🙊
What about sexual and emotional education in schools?
The people who really think of age verification as effective measures tend to also be against having those in schools in the first place.
Oh they’ve wanted that gone forever.
No one’s made a “pulling out” joke yet?
other than the one in the title?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
To kick off the new year, Montana and North Carolina joined a growing number of states enforcing laws requiring age verification to access adult content online.
"While safety and compliance are at the forefront of our mission, giving your ID card every time you want to visit an adult platform is not the most effective solution for protecting our users, and in fact, will put children and your privacy at risk.”
According to CNN, Pornhub and its private equity owners, Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), are currently working with big tech companies to create new device-based age verification solutions.
Those efforts include lobbying Apple, Google, and Microsoft to “develop a technological standard that might turn a user’s electronic device into the proof of age necessary to access restricted online content.”
A Pornhub spokesperson told Ars that the technology to accomplish device-based age verification “exists today,” but "what is required is the political and social will to make it happen.
As a result of the investigation, in addition to scrutiny from state lawmakers, Aylo can expect that law enforcement will continue watching Pornhub closely.
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I’m also uncomfortable with device based age verification. That sounds an awful lot like a massive privacy violation that will have far more false positives and false negatives than are reasonable. It’s giving strong “AI face recognition” vibes
