[HN Gopher] France moves to block access to pornography sites fo...
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       France moves to block access to pornography sites for minors
        
       Author : kneebonian
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2023-02-13 21:39 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.reuters.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.reuters.com)
        
       | 4gotunameagain wrote:
       | I hope it succeeds, and is implemented thoughtfully.
       | 
       | Porn is ruining our boys, and social media are ruining our girls.
       | 
       | We need to develop mechanisms as a society to deal with those new
       | issues.
        
         | ostenning wrote:
         | The problem is it wont be implemented thoughtfully, but will
         | rather create more honey pots of highly sensitive data for
         | governments to fumble and leak
        
         | dvngnt_ wrote:
         | I would never provide ID just for that.
         | 
         | I'd use torrents before giving up my privacy for the government
        
         | mancerayder wrote:
         | What are the new issues?
         | 
         | Is something worse than 60 years ago that can be attributed to
         | porn, if so what?
         | 
         | Without further commentary, the 'porn is ruining the children'
         | was what pro-censorship religious groups argued in the 70s.
        
         | themitigating wrote:
         | Evidence?
        
         | JumpinJack_Cash wrote:
         | > > Porn is ruining our boys, and social media are ruining our
         | girls.
         | 
         | They are not 'our' boys and girls. It's their parents boys and
         | girls.
         | 
         | Every day there is an article about teenagers anxiety, how can
         | they not be anxious if people won't ever let them rub (or jill)
         | one out in peace?
        
       | livinglist wrote:
       | I think they should pay more attention to them softporn on
       | TikTok...
        
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       | adversaryIdiot wrote:
       | Social media is incredibly sexualized too.
        
       | _madmax_ wrote:
       | It might work, especially since minors don't have credit cards to
       | buy vpn time.
       | 
       | Although I am sure there are tons of free options.
        
       | blamazon wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/94eYF
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       | > People who want to visit these websites will have to install an
       | application for government-licensed digital certification on
       | their mobile phones to prove that they are at least 18 years old.
       | Sites which do not comply will risk being banned from publishing
       | in France.
        
         | throwuxiytayq wrote:
         | What a shitshow. I feel sorry for you, Frenchies. When this
         | inevitably backfires, at least we'll have an example to point
         | to when some moron attempts to legislate this in a different
         | part of Europe.
        
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