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Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre (toronto.citynews.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre::OTTAWA — A future Conservative government would change the law to require that porn websites verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the content, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre signalled on Wednesday. When asked whether his government would require porn websites to verify the age of users, Poilievre gave a one-word answer: “Yes.” […]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

This is being introduced by the party that wants to remove sex education.

This isn't about protecting children.

Usually, anything the Conservatives do in the name of "protecting children" is about anything but. Probably the opposite, in fact.

In this case, I imagine that this won't only apply to pornography, but any "sexually explicit" material. Taken to extremes, that'll likely include resources for learning about sex, sexuality, or even aspects of biology relating to sex. Or hell, maybe even information about abortion access.

Kids looking for support for queer individuals? Banned. Kids looking for information on transgenderism? Banned. Kid looking up whether his/her experience with puberty is normal? Banned.

No problem, people shouldn't be accessing this kind of info (or having sex) until 16 anyway, one might argue? Well, if you (an adult) want access to any of that, be prepared to have your government ID tied to your porn access, and be ready to justify anything questionable the website loads into your browser (including thumbnails and titles for videos you never clicked on).

Nothing the Conservatives do is about protecting children. It's about fucking us over.