Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre::OTTAWA — A future Conservative government would change the law to require that porn websites verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the content, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre signalled on Wednesday. When asked whether his government would require porn websites to verify the age of users, Poilievre gave a one-word answer: “Yes.” […]
I have a few honest questions for anyone who supports this kind of legislation.
First, what problem specifically is this trying to address? Have teen pregnancies gone up since the advent of kids being able to access porn on the internet? Kids with STDs? Sexual assaults on children? What specific metric has changed that makes this kind of legislation a priority right now? Is there a model that shows a correlation between the behaviors this legislation intends to address and the social ills you believe are associated with it?
Second is the related question of what metrics you think will improve with the introduction of this legislation? How long do you think it will take for that change to come about? If it does not, would you support removing this legislation?
Third, if a social ill were to be associated as per the above with online content, would you support similar legislation to regulate access (eg, if hate speech or LGBT-phobia posted online were to show a positive correlation with intolerance or violence), would you require online services to monitor access to sites hosting that kind of content, such as requiring a government issued ID to be kept on record and associated with specific user accounts?
What specific metric has changed that makes this kind of legislation a priority right now?
I wondered the same thing and I eventually figured it out. Here are 5 metrics that have gone up: LGBTQ.
Can republicans use this to control women or minorities?
Yes- interested.
No- but can it be used to hurt people?
Yes- interested.
No- but can it be used to increase unprotected sex?
Yes- interested.
No- but can it be used to have sex with minors?
Yes- interested.
No- but can it be used… you see.
Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t think kids should have unrestricted access to the unlimited amount of hardcore porn available on the internet. I think it has a negative effect on their development and can cause all kinds of misconceptions about sex as well as body-dysphoria in men and women. In the past, ID was required to purchase magazines like Playboy or rent adult movies and ID is required to access strip clubs or sex shops. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have a way to verify age before accessing internet porn.
And I’m speaking from experience here, I’m a millennial and I started watching porn in my early teens. But in hindsight I wouldn’t say it was a good thing.
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Only logical answer here
This is what I worry about. If I’m on a list for accessing porn, what’s to stop them from seeing I like to watch gay porn? Then I’m on the gay list. Wrong government comes in and now I’m in more danger than I already am just for simply existing different from church approved heterosexual behavior.
I don’t want kids watching porn/violence for what it’s worth. Surely there is a privacy respecting aspect to this issue, but ID for access is a dangerous precedent
I don’t see that previous generations had a better attitude towards sexuality. I rather think it was worse.
Age verification can only be seriously enforced through very intrusive surveillance of internet activity. You’d need a good reason to justify that, which doesn’t exist. How about we give all minors cameras to put in their bedrooms, so that CPS can check in on them? Too intrusive? Well, that actually might help against child abuse, which is a real issue.
This is being introduced by the party that wants to remove sex education.
This isn’t about protecting children.
Usually, anything the Conservatives do in the name of “protecting children” is about anything but. Probably the opposite, in fact.
In this case, I imagine that this won’t only apply to pornography, but any “sexually explicit” material. Taken to extremes, that’ll likely include resources for learning about sex, sexuality, or even aspects of biology relating to sex. Or hell, maybe even information about abortion access.
Kids looking for support for queer individuals? Banned. Kids looking for information on transgenderism? Banned. Kid looking up whether his/her experience with puberty is normal? Banned.
No problem, people shouldn’t be accessing this kind of info (or having sex) until 16 anyway, one might argue? Well, if you (an adult) want access to any of that, be prepared to have your government ID tied to your porn access, and be ready to justify anything questionable the website loads into your browser (including thumbnails and titles for videos you never clicked on).
Nothing the Conservatives do is about protecting children. It’s about fucking us over.
I don’t want my kid to murder someone, so ban all violence on TV and in movies and videogames for everyone in the entire country so I don’t have to parent.
Wow, you really teased out the nuance in a good faith effort champ.
Since they will trace ID through porn consumption will this then be tied to what types of porn that are watched through that ID to “weed” out LGBT?
Slippery slope PP.
In return, I will require porn to let authorities watch my ID, so take that Conservatives.
Lmao, do they not know that online porn companies just region block any government dumb enough to pass these laws? A few months ago I read about PornHub and others region blocking a US state (IIRC), because they did the exact same thing.
Fuck you Bitcoin Millhouse and fuck your ‘Conservatives’.
Pierre will lose seats. Not a good idea.
“Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake”
One would hope but watch how this is suddenly a good idea bc skippy suggested it.
Ave you got your porn watchin loicence guv? Can’t watch it without it yunno.
