The UK tries, once again, to age-gate pornography - eviltoast
    • wootz@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      No, not it’s not. And not even just for the lulz of having access to porn.

      You wanna know why? For the same reasons that decriminalisation of drugs is has potential upsides, and for the same reasons why repression breeds kinks.

      People are going to try to get porn anyway. If you force young people (or people who can’t provide ID) to resort viewing porn illegally, then it is infinitely easier for them to go browsing for porn in places that will let them find really illegal porn.

      In other words, would you rather have your kids watching main stream porn, or would you like them to potentially end up on the dark web?