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This is not just about porn sites, this is about any site with 'adult' material. For example, if Reddit refused to strongly identify (via a credit-card check) U
by fredley 10y ago
This is not just about porn sites, this is about any site with 'adult' material. For example, if Reddit refused to strongly identify (via a credit-card check) UK users, it too would be banned according to these rules.
- pjc50 10y agoAnd Tumblr. And various image hosts including imgur. And, of course the wellspring, 4chan. I'd like to see them try blocking Reddit. I know "accelerationism" is seldom a great idea, but I think it might actually wake people up.
- lgieron 10y agoHow about blocking Google search? You can easily stumble upon some nudity/porn in the image search.
- fredley 10y agoReddit could probably comply relatively easily if it chose to - by requiring AV for NSFW subreddits. Tumblr though? I doubt many of the people who wrote this bill have any idea how the internet is used these days, sadly.
- pjc50 10y ago> requiring AV for NSFW subreddits Just for UK geolocated users? I dunno, it would be even more unpopular with the user base than the last round of cleanup. And it would cost them money.
- Crespyl 10y agoThey already implemented "quarantine" for "controversial" subreddits, such that users have to provide a valid email address to read or subscribe to them. I seem to recall some level of geoblocking for German users as well, so it's not as if it's unprecedented.
- falcolas 10y agoI've seen NSFW posts show up on /r/fountainpens - which I'm sure would be enough to cause problems for Reddit under this law. How is the internet used? By Adults, by a broad majority. And adults have been drawing penises and breasts on cave walls since the beginning.
- scholia 10y agoAnd Twitter. All the main porn companies and a lot of porn stars have Twitter accounts, and regularly post clips from porn videos.