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How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet (www.bbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] Kiernian 84 points 5 months ago (3 children)

For those wondering about the upswing here:

If the age verification movement goes unchecked, it's possible that you could be forced to tie your government ID to much of your online activity, Gillmor says. Some civil rights groups fear it could usher in a new era of state and corporate surveillance that would transform our online behaviour.

"This is the canary in the coalmine, it isn't just about porn," says Evan Greer, director of Fight for the Future, a digital rights advocacy group. Greer says age verification laws are a thinly veiled ploy to impose censorship across the web. A host of campaigners warn that these measures could be used to limit access not just to pornography, but to art, literature and basic facts about sex education and LGBTQ+ life.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yup, and this is exactly why I plan to use a VPN once my state starts enforcing this law. There's no way I'm going to show ID to any website unless they absolutely need it. There are very few websites where that's necessary, so I'll just use a VPN to a neighboring state (or even to Canada) instead of complying with that nonsense.

I already have to worry about identity theft, I don't want to make that even easier...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

i've been toying with the idea of hosting deep web porn front ends. Not sure how legal it would be. But morally, you'd be on pretty good grounds.

I mean what 13 year old is using tor browser lmao.

[–] toynbee 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't think there's any website where it is necessary, excluding ones that adhere to unjustified laws.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I've had to submit it for remote work authorization, travel on a cruise line (not required, but strongly recommended), and to prove my identify for a web host when their automated check failed (that was the fastest way). So yeah, pretty rare, but still a thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I had to post a pic of it to a dispo's website in DC to buy legal weed there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

It's not a canary in the coal mine for censoring LGBT information and community, most of the proposed bills outright state that any LGBT related content is covered.

[–] Mediocre_Bard -1 points 5 months ago

I'm going to link my ID and look up the most mind blowingly vile, while remaining legal, porn. If they want to talk to me about it, then I am going to make them describe each video before I "remember" what I saw, after which point I will refuse to acknowledge it as porn.

Sure, it's dumb, but it's fun dumb.