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BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet

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How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet

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Papers please: for millions of Americans, accessing online pornography now requires a government ID. It could have global implications for the future of the web.
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    Why wouldn’t they pass that in California? California loves monitoring people. Right now it’s mostly with cars (license plate readers, and now digital license plates with tracking built-in), but I really don’t see why they wouldn’t do this. They’re already starting with social media, I would assume porn would come soon after. Yeah, they have something akin to the GDPR, but that’s not at odds with tracking people, it’s just a nod so people don’t notice what they’re up to…

    Screw California, they don’t care about privacy at all.

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      Smells like a slippery slope fallacy to me

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        No, it’s a slippery slope argument. It’s a fallacy if and only if the claim in unlikely to follow from the initial argument.

        I’m demonstrating two examples of privacy-violating policy from California, where the excuse is to help in policing. If they can tie in policing to porn/social media, I think they’ll do it. So yes, it’s a slippery slope argument, but I don’t think it’s a fallacy.

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        Yours sounds like a fallacy fallacy. Pointing out a logical error doesn’t mean the conclusion is inherently wrong.

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