I had to throw my VPN on to see this, PornHub in Virginia now shows a message by Cherie Deville against age verification as it's currently being enforced.
There are plenty of adults who want to access these sites but will never upload a govt ID to one.
I could do some promos for VPNs, should I affiliate with one? Create a new service? Whitelabel from another service?
I already imagine other ways to increase revenue while doing it.
On a more optimistic note, this is a painful (but relatively harmless) reminder to Virginians to participate in elections and elect better officials.
Unfortunately, people vote out of anger more often than they vote out of gratitude. Something low-stakes like this going wrong is going to ultimately increase engagement without any lasting damage. Yes, it's a slippery slope, but Virginia isn't slipping rapidly down it (yet).
This is true. While Virginia is a purple state, there are countless instances all over America where undemocratic and unpopular policies are being rammed through. At some point, people must do more than vote when they are ignored.
So, Utah and Virginia want their residents to surrender their private informations to shaddy websites and Louisiana is disposed to itself provides these informations.
To be fair, unsupervised porn access isn’t great on young people, speaking from personal experience. I don’t think sex would necessarily be as damaging as porn (assuming condoms are used)
The easiest way to get people to turn their brains off is "think of the children".
My rights will not be infringed because of people that won't parent their kids. When that kind of thinking becomes reasonable then anything can be done for any reason just because children might have access because of poor parenting.
The appears reasonable to me. A 15 year old can’t purchase alcohol online and have delivered, right? We agree that is reasonable. There are long standing laws against children buying porn in real life. It does seem reasonable to me to require age verification for online porn.
At this point everyone should assume that everything they do online is traceable to them and can be leaked. In the scenario you describe tracing porn activity to you is easier to do than it is now. I don’t know what the solutions are but I think it reasonable to have some sort of age verification process online for the activities that require age verification if done offline.
No, it should not. But it does provide one with a basis, a starting point, for how to first approach and view a given topic. We all use our experiences to form mental models for now things work. So while anecdotal evidence should not drive policy it should drive which policies one gains an interest in.
Also, responding with anecdotal evidence should not drive policy isn’t really helpful without some sort of refutation of the evidence.
On Czechia it was "both must be under 14, or both must be over 14, but one cant be younger and the other older. At least that was when I was about 14..
This is impressive! I didn’t realize Pornhub even had a paramilitary wing, let alone one this effective. Hopefully the national guard will be able to handle the situation!
probably not a ton. NoVA and a few other areas like Norfolk are wealthy because of tech and the military, and they'll just use VPNs. Rural VA still believes the Earth is 6000 years old and will embrace the new law.
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[ 4.3 ms ] story [ 98.3 ms ] threadShe earns 90k but she is worth 5 Millions. Am i missing something ?
That’s less than 5 years to clear 5 million. Maybe 6 after taxes.
There are plenty of adults who want to access these sites but will never upload a govt ID to one.
I could do some promos for VPNs, should I affiliate with one? Create a new service? Whitelabel from another service? I already imagine other ways to increase revenue while doing it.
Unfortunately, people vote out of anger more often than they vote out of gratitude. Something low-stakes like this going wrong is going to ultimately increase engagement without any lasting damage. Yes, it's a slippery slope, but Virginia isn't slipping rapidly down it (yet).
https://www.engadget.com/arkansas-passes-social-media-law-re...
Since DDG suggested searching for “arkansas age of consent” when I typed in “arkansas age verification”, I had to check:
https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/arkansas-sta...
So, it’s legal to have sex with 15 year olds there, but you can’t show them porn till they turn 18.
My rights will not be infringed because of people that won't parent their kids. When that kind of thinking becomes reasonable then anything can be done for any reason just because children might have access because of poor parenting.
Also, responding with anecdotal evidence should not drive policy isn’t really helpful without some sort of refutation of the evidence.
This sort of thing is ripe for confirmation bias.
Not even close to half. It's also not that clear cut and depends on the circumstances.
https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-ag...
Exceptions that would make one a victim and one a criminal:
- victim is <16 and the perpetrator abused the victims "limited maturity"
- victim is <18 and did it for money or because the perpetrator abused the victims "predicament"
I think it should be "PornHub blocks access FOR the entire state of Virginia". Or maybe "from", but definitely not "to".
https://archive.is/gIbkY
At least, Pornhub doesn't block whole countries.