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View Poll Results: The US should adopt similar access restrictions to online porn here to block access by minors
Yes, this looks like a good idea 12 34.29%
No, our youth should continue to marinate themselves for endless hours in a cesspool of depravity, debauchery and sleaze 23 65.71%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-17-2019, 08:41 AM
 
Location: The end of the world
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Well to be honest this kinda violates privacy. To make it worst it also hurts economy of the internet as well. VHS and Blu-ray are highly dependent on the Adult industry. That being said is kind of sad to say "who is watching what" and "why should I care who watches what". Personally I am against pornography that it can contribute to the spread of AIDS/HIV and many other VD and STDS which is still on going irregardless of the technology today.

The only reason why any naiton would do this is to basically attack privacy of people. Which is an on going problem since 2001 at least. Nobody is correcting this problem at all.

Also I find it odd since the gals and guys of UK in the adult world/clubbing seems to be crazy and mad. Along with women being $#@$ on stage, by random strangers, while being recorded, along with the traditional red-light district ans cannabis parks.

I mean seriously this is kind of backwards
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Old 04-17-2019, 08:41 AM
 
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Anyone who thought the UK government was going to stand down or get all confused by the technical difficulties of enforcing this ban, had better think again. Today the UK government has announced that July 15, 2019 is the official go live date. After that, websites can be blocked and payment services barred.

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UK porn ban to come into force from July 15, Government announces

Age verification measures designed to stop under-18s viewing pornographic websites will come into force from July, the Government has said. From July 15 all ​internet users will have to prove themselves to be over 18 or face being blocked from seeing adult content.

If affected websites do not implement age-verification technology in line with the new rules, they could have payment services withdrawn and be barred for British users.

The Government said it has introduced the new regulations to safeguard children from inappropriate content. Users will be able to verify their age in a number of ways, including credit card or passport, or by buying an over-the-counter card from shops where verification would take place face-to-face.
It will be interesting to see how rigorously the UK government enforces these regulations and exactly how they go about doing that. Especially with regards to the certain development of a black market for these verification procedures.
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Old 10-16-2019, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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The plans have now been dropped for good as it was unworkable.

Instead there is to be a new duty of care and a new online regulator, although what the regulator can do in relation to porn sites based overseas is anyones guess.

UK's controversial 'porn blocker' plan dropped - BBC News

UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system - The Guardian



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Old 10-16-2019, 09:21 AM
 
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The plans have now been dropped for good as it was unworkable.

Instead there is to be a new duty of care and a new online regulator, although what the regulator can do in relation to porn sites based overseas is anyones guess.

UK's controversial 'porn blocker' plan dropped - BBC News
It will be interesting to see if they try to revise the plan and approach it in a more workable way.
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Old 10-16-2019, 09:28 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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It will be interesting to see if they try to revise the plan and approach it in a more workable way.
It was never going to work, and on top of being easy to get around, there were also data protection issues and issues relating to personal freedoms.

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The culture secretary, Nicky Morgan, told parliament the policy would be abandoned. Instead, the government would instead focus on measures to protect children in the much broader online harms white paper. This is expected to introduce a new internet regulator, which will impose a duty of care on all websites and social media outlets – not just pornography sites.

UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system - The Guardian

Which is politician speech for we made a mistake and are now just going to try and cover up for this by pretending to do something meaningful.

I am however very pleased as it was an infringement on liberties and was also dubious in terms of data protection laws.
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