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It's perfectly legitimate for the state to have laws where preventative enforcement is not really possible. Like, we can't surveill everyone such that we can st
by xyzzy123 1y ago
It's perfectly legitimate for the state to have laws where preventative enforcement is not really possible. Like, we can't surveill everyone such that we can stop murder, but we wouldn't want to do without laws against it.
There are also a lot of differences between adultery (a p2p activity between individuals, usually with no compensation) and the activities of a business like pornhub which is a big platform with lots of employees and multiple large revenue streams. It seems both reasonable and feasible to me to regulate the latter.
For this specific issue (harm to childen through greatly increased access to porn via electronic devices) I think of it more like selling cigarettes to under 18s - it's worth doing something about the problem! - but like you I believe that the proposed age verification laws are not a great solve for the actual problem.
- const_cast 1y agoWe already don't sell porn to kids. Having an Internet connection requires an adult to buy it and verify their identity and residence. What you're actually asking for is for the store clerk to follow you home and watch you smoke the cigarette to make sure you don't give it to your kid. Now it doesn't seem so reasonable.
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- xyzzy123 1y agoHi, it's quite challenging to reasonably limit exposure across all the devices, platforms networks and situations that kids are involved in, and it gets more difficult all the time as devices become increasingly essential to participate daily life. Parents and institutions need to be accountable but in my view so do platforms.
- const_cast 1y agoIt would be quite challenging to limit exposure to tabacoo too if you gave your kid a carton. The reality is children absolutely just do not need smartphones. Do they need an Internet connection? Maybe. So put a computer in your living room like it's 1998. Problem solved, little Timmy can still do homework. Just give your kid a regular phone. I promise they will live. And, platforms already ARE accountable. Platforms that have porn don't hide it, its not some secret. It is your job to monitor the media your own child consumes. Not my job. I don't care what little Timmy sees. From my perspective, parents are either unbelievablely lazy or they don't genuinely think it's a problem because they're doing nothing. Either way, that means I don't have to care either.
- tempodox 1y ago> harm to children through greatly increased access to porn via electronic devices I'm curious what harm that would be. As a teen, I once watched a porn movie with my parents, just out of interest. After I've seen it, I became deeply disinterested. Real life is much more interesting. Kids are not stupid, they know these scenarios are completely fictional. And the novelty wears off really quickly.