Post Awjv5HHUVSeDImoPwW by david_colquhoun@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AwibDvZQP4OgKf5VTM by deshipu@fosstodon.org
       2025-07-31T20:04:09Z
       
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       Any technical solution that is supposed to block teenagers from anything is not going to work very well, because you are facing an opponent that:* is smarter than you,* is very dedicated,* has a lot of free time,* has an extensive network of friends,* faces no serious consequences if caught,* outnumbers you,* considers you an immoral crook.You really, *really* want to have them on your side. That means education rather than control.
       
 (DIR) Post #Awjv5HHUVSeDImoPwW by david_colquhoun@mstdn.social
       2025-07-31T22:23:20Z
       
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       @deshipu Not so. It's important to try age verification even if it's imperfect. Otherwise you are just favouring pornographers having  unlimited access to children.
       
 (DIR) Post #Awjv5IhlDHFriY6uWm by raganwald@social.bau-ha.us
       2025-08-01T01:44:34Z
       
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       @david_colquhoun @deshipu David, David, David.I am 63. I still remember my youth. Did we get alcohol? Yes. Was there age verification to buy alcohol? Also yes.Did we "phreak" free long distance and local telephone calls in the era of phone booths? Yes once again.It is an incurable optimism to believe that somehow, although our generation read Playboy and Penthouse, our children and grandchildren will be blocked from porn because hand-wavey promises about age verification.
       
 (DIR) Post #Awjv5R8HsXE9r8aCzA by raganwald@social.bau-ha.us
       2025-08-01T01:50:36Z
       
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       @david_colquhoun @deshipu Politicians want votes from people who simply don't understand how good kids are at getting booze,  cigarettes, and porn.Furthermore, many people do not appear to grasp the unintended authoritarian consequences of internet gatekeeping.They tell us it's about porn. But what if it’s also about birth control? Or gender? Or consensual sex? Or socialism? Or anything else deemed "inappropriate?"I’ve seen the books they ban from schools. I fear what they will ban online.