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Porn viewers in Virginia, Arkansas, and Mississippi are now met with a video imploring them to contact their representatives about age-verification laws.

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[–] Col3814444@kbin.social 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Getting real tired of these fucking Christian assholes trying to force their twisted morals on everyone else.

[–] cyberian_khatru@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

It's not even about morality. It's a dumb law that doesn't protect users most at risk—even if enforced—while making it incredibly convoluted and awkward for everyone else.

On second thought, that second part was probably the point.

[–] Syo@kbin.social 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“While safety and compliance are at the forefront of our mission, giving your ID card every time you want to visit an adult platform is not the most effective solution for age verification, and in fact, will put children and your privacy at risk,” DeVille says in the video.

What a personal data <strikethrough> goldmine </strikethrough>. I mean we must protect the kids ... from everything, everywhere, every time, at any cost.

[–] Kraiden@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

fyi you can do strike through like ~~this~~
~~example~~

[–] DBT@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a former Apollo user, I’m really going to miss not having to remember all the different ways to format.

[–] rideranton@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apollo is getting a spiritual successor for kbin in the form of https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisApp, so you may not have to remember all the formatting rules for long

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

I mean these sites aren't going to implement anything like they want in these laws and few people are going to be up for using such a system. Yeah, they're just going to throw up a block and remove liability. Then people who know will just VPN.

I could see the industry using some system that's already built and free but not really develop one or take on more issues with personal information. Good luck with the government made browser extension that tracks your preferences though.

[–] geeker@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

The south is like a test bed for these fascist dipshits to try new and creative ways to control what you do in your private time and place.

[–] ansik@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Someones already planning Cambridge Analytica 2.0 now, imagine radicalizing incels through targeted ads on pornhub 😬

[–] blazera@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

any politicians wanna maybe legalize porn? Its pretty popular

[–] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not saying this because I disagree with you; porn does need stronger and more direct local legislation regarding production, consumption, and oversight; thus making it "legal". However, just because something is popular doesn't make it right. Murder is extremely popular - look at the murder rates around the world, it's obviously a highly popular activity. Should we make that legal too? At what rate of popularity do we stop making things legal to serve the will of the mob?

[–] JollyTheRancher@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

If every country in the world had a murder rate equivalent to the worst ones, and every murder was done by someone who had never killed before, 0.2% of people would be murderers. I mean, I agree with the idea that popular isn't right, but, murder isn't popular anywhere in the world, and I do think there's some "popularity" threshold where something that may not be "right", should still be legal - but I'm thinking that's like "if 60% of the population does it, maybe we shouldn't try and throw 60% in jail", and not, "if 2 people in a thousand do something"

[–] pizza_rolls@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Porn is going to exist whether it is legal or not. The difference is that when it's underground it's MUCH more likely to abuse the people involved. I mean hell, even while it is legal people are still being abused. It would be much better to keep it legal and focus on laws protecting the workers involved in the industry. The alternative would work the same as abortion, it's about inhumane punishment for "immorality" instead of concern over the treatment in the industry itself

[–] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

As I said, I agree with you. We should have clear laws about how adult video media should be created, distributed, etc..

[–] blazera@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

wasnt making a morality argument, Im using popularity to appeal to politicians desire to be elected.

[–] DannyBoy@mastodon.ie 6 points 1 year ago

@Syo I'm not american, but I've never understood why people see porn as something bad, then they proceed to see violence as something acceptable.

Take Hollywood movies as an example:
You can't have any nipples on a 5 seconds scene, but you can have all the gore and violence that you want in the entire movie.

[–] niktemadur@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Before REPUBLICAN politicians.
Is it REALLY so hard to get it more specifically correct?
It's shit like this that gets enough low-information people saying that bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe.

[–] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My feeling is, these states are making choices based on the beliefs of the elected officials. If the citizens of the states disagree with the elected officials, they have two possible reactions - move, or elect new officials whose beliefs coincide with the majority of the electorate. I have no problem with these state laws. I also have no problem with people moving (as I actually plan to do), to be with people whose beliefs better coincide with theirs. Pornhub absolutely is right to advocate, since they're a business being hurt by legislative action. I support their right to protest and advocate, and I hope that they're still making enough profit that they're not forced to capitulate and do something against their beliefs. I also support the state governments, and hope that the populace will make a clear decision.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are you, some kind of libertarian?

[–] Overzeetop@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

some kind of libertarian

There is only one kind of libertarian - the worst kind. Modern libertarianism is just a cover story for fascist, racist beliefs and they are anathema to a functioning society. State governments in the US have been created in a lopsided image by corporations and religious zealots by gaming the election system to promote their financial well being (yes, religion is just another business these days). A true libertarian would find any kind of law like this to be government over-reach and an imposition on personal expression and enjoyment. "Vote with your feet" is a nice sentiment for the rich and well connected, but is impractical for most people in today's society.

These politicians are knee-jerking to the religious right who want these things banned because it scares them. They will make up any excuse or lie to support their case. They will point to sex trafficking and slavery as the result of pornography, and will throw up foolish road blocks - like this law - as a purported way to save the children, but will never raise a finger or donate a penny to support sex trafficking victims or victims of abuse because they feel that those people deserve their fate for not following their religion.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I don’t think it scares them; it gives them cover to do heinous things like molest children under the guise of authority.

And just like that, we were back on reddit again

[–] Treedrake@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Where will nsfw content end up if it's in the end banned from all major platforms? E.g. reddit (likely sooner or later with the API changes), imgur and tumblr (already happened), twitter might happen too but might just burn down before they can make that change.. The internet is surely shifting to a shareholder-friendly corporate space.

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