As age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselves the authority to decide what topics are deemed “safe” for young people to access, and forcing online services to remove and block anything that may be deemed “unsafe.”
ByteOnBikes @slrpnk.net - 11mon
In the 90s when porn was still being figured out and some sites had ID verification for some god damn reason, i found porn on usenet. There will always be a way to make it work.
Lock the internet behind a gate? Trust me kids will make a local internet.
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Ada - 11mon
It was never really about kids accessing porn though, so they don't really care about stuff like this.
It's about being perceived to be doing something about kids accessing porn, and setting up a system that makes the internet easier for government to control and gatekeep
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I_am_10_squirrels @beehaw.org - 11mon
And it's not like usenet ever went away, just not used as much nowadays. Hell, even BBSs are still kicking.
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SpaceNoodle @lemmy.world - 11mon
So, an intranet?
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Granbo's Holy Hotrod - 11mon
We survived for a long time without the internet and living through both ages...the internet did not make anything better other than employment in IT
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Nat (she/they) - 11mon
Society might have, but many individuals did not. The Internet can provide community to those who feel isolated in their physical lives. You should really just read the article.
squirrel in ghazi
The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/impact-age-verification-measures-goes-beyond-porn-sitesIn the 90s when porn was still being figured out and some sites had ID verification for some god damn reason, i found porn on usenet. There will always be a way to make it work.
Lock the internet behind a gate? Trust me kids will make a local internet.
It was never really about kids accessing porn though, so they don't really care about stuff like this.
It's about being perceived to be doing something about kids accessing porn, and setting up a system that makes the internet easier for government to control and gatekeep
And it's not like usenet ever went away, just not used as much nowadays. Hell, even BBSs are still kicking.
So, an intranet?
We survived for a long time without the internet and living through both ages...the internet did not make anything better other than employment in IT
Society might have, but many individuals did not. The Internet can provide community to those who feel isolated in their physical lives. You should really just read the article.
Like nazis
Like marginalized people
It didn’t make anything better?