The ’90s called. They want their flawed age verification methods back.
  • shneancy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    2 days ago

    But overall, enforcement causes nearly half of users to stop searching for popular adult sites complying with laws and instead search for a noncompliant rival (48 percent) or virtual private network (VPN) services (34 percent), which are used to mask a location and circumvent age checks on preferred sites, the study found.

    what a fucking surprise. now the teens only watch porn that is already skirting around laws just by virtue of existing. truly nobody could’ve ever imagined this would happen

    jesus christ i’m so tired of stupid politicians

  • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netEnglish
    61·
    2 days ago

    “a world in which some kids are likely to be harmed by the laws designed to protect them.”

    These laws are 100% not designed to protect them.

  • PetteriPano@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    2 days ago

    I thought we solved this for good in the 80s?

    I guess that particular question didn’t age so well.

    • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      D works well. Being dead puts you in a decent “no one to fool with” category.

      Fucker cant even do a prat fall at this point.

    • SaltSong@startrek.websiteEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Also wouldn’t work with the internet.

      I remember being very frustrated by this particular implementation.

  • Dzso@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    3 days ago

    Strange headline to say that credit card payments as age gates are trending again. Reddit has nothing to do with it.

    • Saucepain@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Stranger still to make the headline about one small paragraph in the middle of the piece that was clearly an aside.