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posted by janrinok on Friday March 06 2020, @05:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the those-who-do-not-learn-from-the-past dept.

The Australian government is investigating implementing age verification to access porn online following a failed UK age verification scheme. Children's charity eChildhood claims that "a third of students aged eight and under attempted to access online pornography in the past six months" including through advertising popups. No mention has been made about how effective the Australian plan will be and what exact measures may be taken to block access online.

The UK proposed making users visiting porn sites prove they were 18. The government abandoned the plan in October after a series of major technical issues.

The Australian report said three "crucial factors" needed to be sorted out to succeed where the UK scheme failed.

These included ensuring a level playing field for regulation, making age verification easy for consumers to use and raising public awareness of the need for age verification.

[...]Advocacy group Collective Shout said UK research found 28 per cent [of] children aged 11 to 12 had seen pornography online. In the 15 to 16 age group, the number jumped to 65 per cent.

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  • (Score: 2) by dry on Saturday March 07 2020, @03:48AM (5 children)

    by dry (223) on Saturday March 07 2020, @03:48AM (#967796) Journal

    Its hard to supervise all the time. I remember when my son was about 8 and had a hamster. Stood behind him one day when he was Googling hamsters, in amongst the images were a few porn ones, he just didn't seem interested in them and I wasn't going to make a big deal out of it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 07 2020, @08:05PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 07 2020, @08:05PM (#967976)

    yeah, i think parents need to talk to their kids about porn. If they can't be trusted to steer clear of it, then they can't use the internet un-monitored/at all until they are older. however parents choose to handle it, it is not my problem, and none of the government's business.

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Sunday March 08 2020, @03:47AM

      by dry (223) on Sunday March 08 2020, @03:47AM (#968075) Journal

      Personally, I don't think kids are by nature very interested in porn, unless the parents make it a forbidden subject. It does need to be talked about along with sex in general.
      While monitoring is a good idea, it has become hard to do it all the time. Too many kids with phones, tablets and such and you can't lock them up so out they go where their peers are likely to be connected.
      I don't mind too much the government forcing warnings about sites like the "are you 18" pages or movie ratings as it helps people to be informed.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 07 2020, @10:38PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 07 2020, @10:38PM (#968005)

    Considering what I've heard about hamsters and porn, it's probably good he didn't click on it!

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Sunday March 08 2020, @03:55AM

      by dry (223) on Sunday March 08 2020, @03:55AM (#968078) Journal

      Yea, I was wondering if I'd have to intervene.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @03:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @03:35AM (#968071)

    Was it about putting a hamster down a tube inserted in someone's ass and using a lighter to try to get it out?