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UK age verification legislation will lead to a porn habit database (archive)
The country is eager to protect children from porn. It's a worthy goal, mind you, given that research shows that exposing kids to porn can be damaging. Unfortunately, it's a quixotic goal, given that porn is impossible to block. Nevertheless, the UK is now on the brink of creating a database of the country's porn habits.
It also seems poised to hand the age verification piece of that puzzle over to an outfit that Vice refers to as "the shady company that controls the majority of free porn tube sites." That company is called MindGeek. Vice likens it to the Walmart of porn. Britain's leading obscenity lawyer, Myles Jackman, says it supposedly owns about 90% of tube sites on the internet, and it didn't get that way by making friends in the industry.
[...] And now, MindGeek, the WalMart of porn, is getting ready to become even more filthy rich by having maneuvered itself into the position of becoming gatekeeper for consumers of porn, be they adults or kids who don't know how to use a virtual private network (VPN). It's not a done deal quite yet, but MindGeek has had several conversations with officials. It's also currently pushing its own age verification platform, AgeID. If selected, Britons could be dealing with AgeID as the principal gate between themselves and their porn.
(Score: 5, Touché) by bob_super on Thursday November 30 2017, @09:51PM (3 children)
- UK men will get Viagra over the counter
- UK people will lose anonymous porn
Just when:
- Women all around the world are speaking up about sexual harassment.
What could possibly go wrong?
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Friday December 01 2017, @08:49AM (2 children)
Correction:everybody will get Viagra OTC.
I'll tell you what can possibly go worse: the women learn that Viagra works for them too [go.com].
If you think overly-horny men can be a problem, wait to see what problems an increased level of nimphomania can bring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Funny) by bob_super on Friday December 01 2017, @05:36PM
> wait to see what problems an increased level of nymphomania can bring.
Sure! Challenge Accepted! Bring. It. On!
(Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Friday December 01 2017, @07:49PM
> I'll tell you what can possibly go worse: the women learn that Viagra works for them too
As long as it works better than Addyi, the "female Viagra" that's barely better than placebo on everything except causing blackouts and counteracting your birth control pill.