When they effectively make the internet a dangerous place, Usenet will rise from the darkness. P2P will also always exist and these politicians dont understand computer math, so a lot of what they're trying to accomplish is bound to fail.
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Children aren't using VPNs. Also I am going to say this: it doesn't matter that fucking much. I watched porn before I was 18. It didn't really do much to me. It did not give me unrealistic expectations of women. What did affect me were entirely unrelated stuff. Which is why I do need therapy and sexual therapy, but it wasnt the porn. It was people like that fucker.
Ok one question: Why do we have to protect children from porn if they've already gotten exposed to it?
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Banning Pornhub makes them use the VPNs in the first place.
Almost like you didn't think this fucker through.
Hmmmmm, let me play devils advocate and say that kids should have access to porn.
If you want to actually play devil's advocate, you gotta give an argument. Otherwise, you're just being contrarian.
Let me give you one, kids try to explore topics out of curiosity. They are probably not going to look up someone torturing animals, because they don't want to see that. Kids usually look up and explore things they are ready for. Also "kids" is a pretty diverse group, a 5 year old and a 15 year old kid are very different.
For real young kids parents should monitor online behavior anyway. For teens, how is life this different than looking at a playboy or a porn tape. Teens have been doing that forever, the people creating these laws probably did that when they where kids.
It's probably a lot better to let kids (teens) explore nudity and sex in a safe environment, instead of letting them go unsupervised in places that ignore the law.
It's basically the same argument with drugs, offering legal options vs. going to a dealer and possibly getting much more dangerous drugs mixed in.
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If I had to guess, I'd say the government pushback against porn is a result of members of the ruling class catching their offspring with porn.
I'd say it has more to do with pandering to religious conservatives to keep them in their pocket.
My vote is smoke screen, lots of nasty stuff can fly under the radar with all this talk on porn, vpn and privacy rights
This pattern is so predictable, The Outlast Trials (2024) was based around it; your character is given trials based around fascist manipulation following this ("protect the children") among many other patterns.
You are the shepherd, who would save the poor little lambs from Mother. Deliver them to the warm embrace of the Church, and we will let you out.
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It's funny how all the bigwigs are suddenly interested in "child safety" now that ol Eppie is gone, funny that. Also at least kids are learning how stick it to those old sacks for trying to take away their freedom.