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“Are you 18 years of age or older?”
… yes?
“Welcome to PornHub!”
Wasn't there a famous incident in Australia a while ago where they tried putting some sort of advanced verification on porn and a 16 year old cracked it after just 4 hours? >

In the legislative hearings, there was a lot of discussion about very young kids (age 6-10) accidentally stumbling on porn by searching what they thought was innocuous terms. So I guess the idea is that the law will stop those kids from being exposed to porn. Obviously the older kids will find a way around it. >

It’s thinly veiled Christian sharia law under the guise of “protecting the children” >

The law being “prove you’re 18 before you watch porn” is hardly the worst thing those nuts are trying to push through. >

It’s about collecting personal data of porn watchers. “A list of sinners” in other words. >

Slippery slope and all that. Plus it guarantees to deal with political opposition. Just reveal all their porn habits and you've destroyed you're political opponents, making you the only avaliable candidate, thus guaranteeing an automatic win without needing to have a vote at all. Then eventually they'll ask the population to vote on doing away with voting because only they are the good guys and no one else. Yada Yada.