...remember that government policies never stop where they end. Governments want to be able to track everything single thing they do and "let us spy on you because of DUH CHILDREN" is always their first go-to excuse.
Thank you. I thought I was going to have to jump on this and shit talk government age verification, because there are some people here who do let their emotions get the best of them on this issue.
I don't get how anyone can defend it. They'll say things like 'oh, it doesn't affect you, you're not a child.' Wrong. This law gives the government the right to demand identification from you, an adult, before you're allowed to access a website. It's utterly terrifying. Obviously children shouldn't be watching porn, but this is not the way to do it.
My go to example is, they can move it pretty easily to any other currently or future age-gated activity. Guns being a big one. Conceivably, this could slide pretty quickly to stopping people from accessing online gun/militia content. Considering they're trying to push the purchase age up, too, if they ever succeeded, they'd have some level of precedent from stopping legal adults from accessing 2A content.
Handing even more power to the government in regard to the internet is an incredibly retarded idea.
Just having the law creates opportunities for blackmail. Even if you've never visited the porn site, the fact that they are legally required to have a list of everyone who visits makes your addition to that list more credible.
With the assumption as always being that those children are now 100% protected from whatever evil they are trying to banish, and not themselves only slightly inconvenienced in their pursuit of it.
Thank you. I thought I was going to have to jump on this and shit talk government age verification, because there are some people here who do let their emotions get the best of them on this issue.
I don't get how anyone can defend it. They'll say things like 'oh, it doesn't affect you, you're not a child.' Wrong. This law gives the government the right to demand identification from you, an adult, before you're allowed to access a website. It's utterly terrifying. Obviously children shouldn't be watching porn, but this is not the way to do it.
My go to example is, they can move it pretty easily to any other currently or future age-gated activity. Guns being a big one. Conceivably, this could slide pretty quickly to stopping people from accessing online gun/militia content. Considering they're trying to push the purchase age up, too, if they ever succeeded, they'd have some level of precedent from stopping legal adults from accessing 2A content.
Handing even more power to the government in regard to the internet is an incredibly retarded idea.
The funny thing is they'll never push for any kind of photo ID to vote. That's the one line in the sand for them.
Whoa that's racist bro. Black people are too stupid to get a photo id. /s
Just having the law creates opportunities for blackmail. Even if you've never visited the porn site, the fact that they are legally required to have a list of everyone who visits makes your addition to that list more credible.
With the assumption as always being that those children are now 100% protected from whatever evil they are trying to banish, and not themselves only slightly inconvenienced in their pursuit of it.