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So the argument is that, even though age verification is required for this line of business in the real world, online it shouldn't be required because their ad-
by freddie_mercury 1y ago
So the argument is that, even though age verification is required for this line of business in the real world, online it shouldn't be required because their ad-supported model won't be profitable?
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoThey argue it won’t work and will hurt people more than it helps.
- lp0_on_fire 1y agoBars and Casinos argued the exact same thing when we mandated they check the IDs of a patron before serving them a drink. The world didn't stop spinning.
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoBut the law applied to almost all bars because it’s more enforceable. I don’t mean to white knight for the porn company but I think it’s a good point.
- amradio1989 1y agoIt's not really a good point. Yes it's more difficult, but that doesn't exempt them from complying. And they've made basically zero effort to comply. You could argue quite convincingly that the explosion of adult content sites is due largely to evading regulation and reaching a wider (ie: illegal) audience.
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoWhat are you talking about though? I don’t care one way or another whether the porn company makes money, fuck em. The problem is if your law doesn’t prevent kids from watching porn but instead pushes them to shadier sites.
- rpdillon 1y agoThey were never intended to comply. They were intended to pull their offering.
- ipaddr 1y agoYou don't need a license to write santa why should you on facebook?
- g-b-r 1y agoOr because of privacy?
- Hizonner 1y ago"This line of business" no longer exists in the "real world".