UK gov to ban porn sites that don't verify users' age

[Raheem]

I like the way they slipped it in during Brexit negotiations.

Don't think I've seen that one.

 

[gentlegreen]

I like the way they slipped it in during Brexit negotiations.

 

[elbows]

Hopefully they'll fail again the next time they try pulling this bullshit.

How they expect anyone to take seriously their claims to be interested in the welfare of children, is utterly beyond me. Those ratfucking shitcunts are all too happy to have poorer kids be starved at home, and be humiliated at school.

Now they can't even claim to care for the welfare of the companies that were going to profit by providing age verification systems, and are now going waa waa waa.

 

[T & P]

UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system


Quietly dropped

*has porn hub-enhanced wank to celebrate*

 

[Artaxerxes]

They've got it all over their face now.

 

[Teaboy]

I'm sure its purely coincidental that this has been dropped at a time when we have a massive wanker for PM.

 

[Chilli.s]

yet another waste of money

 

[editor]

Poor lambs

'Porn block' companies seek £3m in damages

Four companies are seeking a judicial review of the decision to scrap age verification plans.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Poor lambs

'Porn block' companies seek £3m in damages

Four companies are seeking a judicial review of the decision to scrap age verification plans.

www.bbc.co.uk

If they suck-seed then expect to see a load of claims from wankers who invested in VPNs in anticipation of the grot-ban.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Were these lot actually contracted by anyone to do this work or were they just looking to exploit something happening maybe in a non specific future?

Whatever, fuck ‘em

 

[Saul Goodman]

If they suck-seed then expect to see a load of claims from wankers who invested in VPNs in anticipation of the grot-ban.

I was working on a script for Chrome and Firefox to circumvent the age check. Who do I send the invoice to?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Here we go yet again.

Porn websites will be legally required to verify users are aged at least 18 under a shake-up of internet laws.

The Online Safety Bill will be bolstered to ensure all sites publishing pornographic content enforce "robust checks" to guarantee users are 18 or over.

Firms could use age verification technology to confirm a user possesses a credit card and is therefore at least 18, or use a third-party service to confirm someone's age against government data.

Porn websites will be legally required to verify users' age in new robust checks

Sites publishing pornographic content will be asked to verify users' age

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[BigTom]

Clueless. I'd imagine most 12 year olds know about proxies and VPNs so they can get past their school's blockers. They certainly did at the schools I was a TA almost ten years ago, I can only imagine they've got more and more savvy.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Here we go yet again.

Porn websites will be legally required to verify users' age in new robust checks

Sites publishing pornographic content will be asked to verify users' age

www.mirror.co.uk

Borris. Let's talk about something else. Anything. Please.

Mind you I was talking to my colleague yesterday and he told me he started reading 4chan at 11 which made me feel old.

 

[NoXion]

Or we could do something sensible instead, and actually address the subject of pornography in sex education classes. Talk about how it's produced to be watched by an audience, and that it isn't meant to be any kind of how-to guide for doing actual real sex.

From my vague memories of sex education, I don't think we touched on the subject of pornography at all. That's a startling oversight.

 

[existentialist]

Or we could do something sensible instead, and actually address the subject of pornography in sex education classes. Talk about how it's produced to be watched by an audience, and that it isn't meant to be any kind of how-to guide for doing actual real sex.

From my vague memories of sex education, I don't think we touched on the subject of pornography at all. That's a startling oversight.

This.

 

[surreybrowncap]

Badgers
I think we both might start stocking up on our Littlewood's catalogue orders!!

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Or we could do something sensible instead, and actually address the subject of pornography in sex education classes. Talk about how it's produced to be watched by an audience, and that it isn't meant to be any kind of how-to guide for doing actual real sex.

From my vague memories of sex education, I don't think we touched on the subject of pornography at all. That's a startling oversight.

We didn't get any education re: porn, but my schooling was 30 plus years ago. Even if you think porn should be restricted, there isn't really a workable way to do it, so education seems the best bet. I think some of that responsibility needs to fall on parents, not just schools.

 

[Supine]

I was educated on porn by finding my uncles porn stash when i stayed at his house

 

[skyscraper101]

Or we could do something sensible instead, and actually address the subject of pornography in sex education classes. Talk about how it's produced to be watched by an audience, and that it isn't meant to be any kind of how-to guide for doing actual real sex.

From my vague memories of sex education, I don't think we touched on the subject of pornography at all. That's a startling oversight.

I don't think we did either, but then the ease of accesibility for video porn on the internet was still a long way off even in the 90s. I think the main focus was placed on not getting STIs or accidentaly pregnant.

 

[two sheds]

The only thing I remember about the sex education class (just the one, guest speaker and some 55 years ago) was someone asking "Do hot baths make you sterile?" to which the answer was "Well I have three hot baths a week and I've got two children" which was greeted by much sniggering.

Porn hadn't been invented then, of course.

 

[NoXion]

I don't think we did either, but then the ease of accesibility for video porn on the internet was still a long way off even in the 90s. I think the main focus was placed on not getting STIs or accidentaly pregnant.

I went to school in the 2000s, by which time home internet access was definitely a thing. It should have been covered back then and it definitely should be covered right now.

 

[Jimmy Don't]

Porn hadn't been invented then, of course.

Suitcases full of it in hedges, everywhere!

 

[Nikkormat]

Or we could do something sensible instead, and actually address the subject of pornography in sex education classes. Talk about how it's produced to be watched by an audience, and that it isn't meant to be any kind of how-to guide for doing actual real sex.

From my vague memories of sex education, I don't think we touched on the subject of pornography at all. That's a startling oversight.

I can't say for sure - I teach in a British international school where we have more flexibility - but I'm pretty sure it is covered now. I have taught about porn in PSHEE to years 9, 10,and 11. It is taken seriously, but teachers can't really compete with PornHub.

 

[MickiQ]

The only thing I remember about the sex education class (just the one, guest speaker and some 55 years ago) was someone asking "Do hot baths make you sterile?" to which the answer was "Well I have three hot baths a week and I've got two children" which was greeted by much sniggering.

Porn hadn't been invented then, of course.

One truly massive social change I have noticed over the past 20+ years ago is that you would go into a newsagents and the entire top shelf would be girly magazines now it's cooking and garden mags with the odd lads mag clinging forlornly to one end.

 

[NoXion]

I can't say for sure - I teach in a British international school where we have more flexibility - but I'm pretty sure it is covered now. I have taught about porn in PSHEE to years 9, 10,and 11. It is taken seriously, but teachers can't really compete with PornHub.

What competition? PornHub is entertainment, teachers are an educational resource. I don't know if sex education addresses the fact that porn is a performance, like a Hollywood movie but with a much lower budget and even worse narratives. Maybe a little frank discussion about how un-sexy the whole porn-making process is. Show how the sausage is made, so to speak. Not to put them off the whole idea, but to give an unvarnished perspective on how a particular product is made. A product made to entertain, rather than inform or educate.

 

[two sheds]

Suitcases full of it in hedges, everywhere!

I don't think we had those sorts of hedges

 

[Jimmy Don't]

I don't think we had those sorts of hedges

I thought everyone did? Very rare to go into the bushes near our local golf course and not find a case full of the stuff!

 

[cupid_stunt]

I thought everyone did? Very rare to go into the bushes near our local golf course and not find a case full of the stuff!

We used to find hedge porn, stashed in plastic bags.

Nowadays, if you find plastic bags in a hedge, they probably just have dog shit in them.

 

[two sheds]

I had a sheltered childhood, I was looking for golf balls