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Originally Posted by S3X_Jay
There are massive problems with the proposed law…
- Require any user uploading a video to the platform also upload a signed consent form from every individual appearing in the video. What happens when those documents get hacked? Suddenly the legal names of performers are known.
- Creating a database of individuals who have indicated they do not consent, which must be checked before new content can be uploaded to platforms. How can you have such a database and protect the identity of models? What names are in it – performer names or legal names? Are the two connected in any way? What if there are two people by the same name? Which means more information is needed, which further reveals details that will violate the privacy of models.
- Requiring platforms hosting pornography to offer a 24-hour hotline staffed by the platform, for individuals who contact the hotline to request removal of a video that has been distributed without their consent. Requiring removal of flagged videos within two hours of such a request. How can a small site (e.g. a community site) manage to have a 24-hour hotline?
- Requiring platforms to use software to block a video from being re-uploaded after its removal, which must be in place within six months of enactment of the legislations. Exactly how expensive is that software? How well does it work? If you re-encode the video, will the software stop the upload? The only systems I know of that work well involve an invisible watermark.
- Requiring platforms hosting pornography to, within two weeks of enactment – Require any user uploading a video to the platform to verify their identiry[SIC] Two weeks for a significant software change?
All in all a horrible, and horribly impractical, set of rules. |
Most legislation like this is horrible because it's written by septugenarians who think "an internet"
got sent to them by their staff. Politicians are techno-retards, which is why this will probably pass. It sounds good to other tech illiterates.