Some users might even be tempted to turn to the dark web to escape this wave of state overreach — though we certainly don’t recommend it.
If you're going to the dark web for porn, you're gonna have a bad time.
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
56 points (98.3% liked)
Privacy
6825 readers
90 users here now
A community for Lemmy users interested in privacy
Rules:
- Be civil
- No spam posting
- Keep posts on-topic
- No trolling
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
what’s likely is that users will scatter across so many sites, apps, proxies, and channels that they’ll become untraceable, guaranteeing the failure of future regulations. And unlike today, many of those new destinations will be dangerous, unmoderated, and openly hostile to enforcement.
That seems to be the argument; that these verification laws specifically target dedicated porn sites while similar content still exists all over and is not similarly punished, which given people's extreme and natural aversion to doing KYC for porn will cause them to leave for wherever doesn't demand it, killing off what protections now exist against especially shady material and practices.
Honestly you don't need true "dark web"
There are plenty of ways to bypass censorship
What a thorough article. It seems that it is finally true; I just visit that site for the articles.
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.
Age verification doesn't work
Kids and teens are very good at bypassing restrictions. It only penalizes those who follow the law.