• @Schmoo@startrek.website
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      93 days ago

      VPN companies and data brokers have a financial incentive to lobby for intrusive age-verification and restrictions, and prudish politicians are conveniently present in every political system. The porn lobby is powerful, but it seems they’ve been losing this battle recently. Or maybe they’re cutting deals with the data brokers, who knows.

    • @shalafi@lemmy.world
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      73 days ago

      Politically speaking, it’s easy money. You pander to the conservatives with blocking propositions, get votes.

      *Who is going to champion the flip side?!"

      • Liz
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        153 days ago

        Me. Porn is fine. Teach your children how to handle it. Teach them that it’s not realistic and some of it is straight-up dangerous. Put a filter on your internet if you’re too scared to talk to your kids about uncomfortable topics.

        • @boonhet@lemm.ee
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          13 days ago

          Man it’s porn, not guns. Children should not be near it!

          Oh wait this is France

          Anyway, I agree with you. We’re talking about regular ol garden variety porn. Everyone will probably see it at some point. Parents can limit what their kids see until the kids become smart enough to bypass filters. At which point they can probably handle seeing pennis n vagene.

      • @mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        113 days ago

        Reminds me of when my buddies discovered our friend’s YouTube account… He only had one public playlist, and it was 100% full of softcore porn. Nothing else. It was all softcore porn. We gave him a pretty good ribbing for that one, and still make a point of reminding him that better porn sites exist every time it comes up.

        • Walk_blesseD
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          73 days ago

          We gave him a pretty good ribbing for that one,

          I guess you could say he got ribbed for his pleasure.

        • @FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
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          73 days ago

          Always hide your playlists and subscriptions haha

          But softcore has the benefit to help you retain normal libido and to not be dependent of more hardcore stuff

      • That Weird Vegan
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        23 days ago

        Meanwhile in Australia, they just passed a bill requiring social media to verify the age of their users to make sure they’re over 16

      • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        I feel like reddit and YouTube are completely different leagues when it comes to porn… Porn is the only reason I haven’t deleted my last reddit account. YT doesn’t even really have real porn…

        • @FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
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          23 days ago

          YT doesn’t even really have real porn

          Indeed, but there’s still things to find if you’re a young scared kiddo, and I’d say it’s pretty soft so it’s okay