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To be pretty annoyed/creeped out by this incoming internet age verification thing

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Fragmentedbrain · 16/07/2025 18:11

Kids are as good as anyone at VPNs. It's just going to open adults up to blackmail and state control.

Also if you don't want your kids looking at adult material maybe don't let them have a smartphone until they're 16.

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Fragmentedbrain · 16/07/2025 18:14

TerrierCollector · 16/07/2025 18:13

See if it was just for porn I wouldn’t have much of an issue, but it isn’t, and it’s a slippery slope.

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Exactly. Anything arbitrarily badged "adult material" is now behind a wall. (Although I do also think it's an egregious invasion of adult sexuality but I know mumsnet takes a dim view of that)

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LlynTegid · 16/07/2025 18:14

I support this change and want it consistently enforced. Even better if some sites withdraw from being available in the UK.

TerrierCollector · 16/07/2025 18:13

2024onwardsandup · 16/07/2025 18:12

I am very happy with adults watching women and girls be sexually abused being controlled by the state.

See if it was just for porn I wouldn’t have much of an issue, but it isn’t, and it’s a slippery slope.

2024onwardsandup · 16/07/2025 18:12

I am very happy with adults watching women and girls be sexually abused being controlled by the state.