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The Scam of Age Verification (pornbiz.com)
submitted 1 month ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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A lot has happened in the past month: the EU Commission (the executive branch of the EU) publicly attacked the three largest porn sites — including us — over our supposed obligation to prevent minor access, while completely ignoring far larger mainstream platforms.

AV implementation was also scheduled to begin in France in June 2025, but was later halted — though only temporarily. However, it is set to come into effect next month in the UK — July 2025.

And just yesterday — June 27 — the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a devastating decision that opens the door to broad state regulation of adult content, effectively allowing AV laws with minimal constitutional constraint.

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[–] greenskye@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not really against age verification, the problem is that I'm very, very against having a government backed database of all porn I visit. Nobodies really assured me that current implementations aren't doing that.

Plus, at the rate we're going I'm not really sure how much longer porn will be legal, free speech rights be damned. Both the right and the left and the younger generation seem fully invested in 'save the kids' mentality these days.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

Age verification doesn't work

Kids and teens are very good at bypassing restrictions. It only penalizes those who follow the law.