I believe the law relates to making it available to minors for viewing, not just selling. Which is why on occasion leftist teachers get charged with showing porn to their students.
But even putting that aside for the moment, what's the R&D budget for these sites for implementing anonymous "proof of age" systems? Are they funding grad students/PhD candidates in this area? Offering grants? Are they interested in solving this problem at all, or are they simply using "it's impossible" as an excuse and counting on the government's general disinterest in this matter?
I don't like government getting involved in this either, but them getting involved is inevitable when the industry itself doesn't offer an acceptable solution on its own. Nor does it help when the industry practically brags about statistics relating to the average age of kids when they first view porn (which is well under 18).
And how does the Government know who's viewing it at that time? How easy would it be for an account to be compromised or handed over to a child?
That was the question asked by UK lawmakers so the UK is likely in 2025 to implement both age verification and live identity verification - their favourite methods will be both Government photo ID and webcam/phone face ID to verify it is you viewing the content. Safeguards to prevent people putting a photo up to the camera or passing the device to someone underage will be put in place.
And it won't just be for pornography, strictly it applies to any content deemed not "safe for kids". And if it succeeds in the UK, the US and other western countries will follow suit.
I believe the law relates to making it available to minors for viewing, not just selling. Which is why on occasion leftist teachers get charged with showing porn to their students.
But even putting that aside for the moment, what's the R&D budget for these sites for implementing anonymous "proof of age" systems? Are they funding grad students/PhD candidates in this area? Offering grants? Are they interested in solving this problem at all, or are they simply using "it's impossible" as an excuse and counting on the government's general disinterest in this matter?
I don't like government getting involved in this either, but them getting involved is inevitable when the industry itself doesn't offer an acceptable solution on its own. Nor does it help when the industry practically brags about statistics relating to the average age of kids when they first view porn (which is well under 18).
And how does the Government know who's viewing it at that time? How easy would it be for an account to be compromised or handed over to a child?
That was the question asked by UK lawmakers so the UK is likely in 2025 to implement both age verification and live identity verification - their favourite methods will be both Government photo ID and webcam/phone face ID to verify it is you viewing the content. Safeguards to prevent people putting a photo up to the camera or passing the device to someone underage will be put in place.
And it won't just be for pornography, strictly it applies to any content deemed not "safe for kids". And if it succeeds in the UK, the US and other western countries will follow suit.