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People on HN always seem to misunderstand the point of these measures. They're not there to make it impossible for anyone under the age of 18 to ever see porno
by DanBC 6y ago
People on HN always seem to misunderstand the point of these measures.
They're not there to make it impossible for anyone under the age of 18 to ever see pornographic content. They exist to make sure that porn isn't pushed at children who don't want to see it. It wasn't that long ago that pornographic ads were common on some ad networks or in email spam. It's this accidental stumbling upon porn that the measures aim to stop.
The blocks are always described in the strongest possible terms by the politicians pushing them because:
1) It makes the public think politicians are taking strong action against poor behaviour
2) It gives the politicians a stronger bargaining position: implement good voluntary age restrictions or we'll put in place a stupid filter.
- randomchars 6y agoWhere is porn pushed onto anyone in the internet now? I don't think I seen anything remotely porn-like without looking for it.
- srean 6y agoQuite common if you were to watch a movie online for free. Not on Amazon Prime or Netflix of course, but not all movies that I am interested in is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime in my region.
- randomchars 6y agoYou mean those streaming sites, where the page is 3/4 advertisements? Yeah, I image those have porn ads, but adblock helps there too.
- walls 6y agoI also do not see them being the kind of sites to comply with something like this.
- GoblinSlayer 6y agoStreaming is cancer, block all streaming sites, especially Netflix.
- wizzwizz4 6y agoDon't see what's wrong with streaming per se. Of course, this is assuming you can cache it if you want to watch it multiple times – which you can't if you have certain kinds of DRM.
- catalogia 6y agoIs it merely coincidental that the sites where you're most likely to find pornographic advertisements happen to be websites for pirating media? Which aspect of these websites are politicians truly clutching their pearls over? The part about morality and kids, or the part about media corporations and money? To the cynic in me, the answer is obvious.