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Originally Posted by xxxclusive
Good analysis
pornbiz.com/post/17/the_scam_of_age_verification#8
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Read that yesterday, and I can say it's spot on about many things. These lawmakers (politicians/attorneys/judges/etc) have lost their minds, and not just in the adult industry. Obviously, the focus here is on the adult industry, but their control-obsessed ideologues run rampant throughout many sectors, and our civil rights continue to be diminished.
100% Truth right here ...
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"These same people pretend to stand on a moral high ground, while lying through their teeth about their true intentions."
"Device-level parental controls have existed for years, and can actually block a million sites. But politicians can’t take credit for them. So instead of empowering parents, lawmakers give them a headline and a false promise."
"Watch these pricks go on TV or social media and pat themselves on the back for “making the internet safer” — while anyone can still run a basic Google search and instantly find billions of porn images. Bold-faced liars."
"The one “good” thing about AV is that it’s a clear sign of political incompetence. If your lawmakers passed this kind of law, you can be sure they’re either corrupt, lying to you, stupid — or some combination of all three. At least it makes them easier to spot."
"the hypocrites in charge are systematically and deliberately sparing mainstream platforms."
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A few more important take aways from that article ....
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"In any case, it’s mind-boggling that platforms are punished, adults are forced to take privacy risks, and everyone is expected to endure a disastrous user experience — all because we’re supposed to accept that it’s “too difficult” for parents to spend two minutes setting up parental controls."
"And if some parents struggle with tech, the answer is education and support — not mass surveillance and regulatory theater."
"In reality, this is just the state outsourcing its child-protection duties to private companies, who are now expected to police everyone else’s kids."
"Shifting responsibility away from parents is exactly the wrong direction."
"That solution is simple: require all parents to install a parental control app — and have teachers verify its presence in school, once a year. The app could display a small icon on the home screen, making it instantly visible without needing to unlock the device."
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There was more, but just wanted to highlight a few from that article.
If and/or when sales begin to plummet, more will probably be concerned. Apparently, the ACLU and Free Speech Coalition brought repeated cases to the courts and even took it all the way to the Supreme Court. They consistently held that requiring users to verify their age to access protected content is unconstitutional when less restrictive alternatives, like filtering software, are available. Still, the laws were passed.
I believe like everything else, a big part of this is about money. Simply another way for the government to line their pockets and maybe even try to get their hands on this data at some point. I can see the headlines: "YOTI Hacked! Leaked Data Exposes Millions of Porn Consumers-- And You Won't Believe Who Is On This Naughty List!!"
Will they actively start enforcing these laws? I think yes, based on the following:
"Based on Texas’s insane $10,000-per-day penalty, and assuming one million adult sites currently lack AV, the State of Texas stands to gain ~$6,000,000,000,000 — that’s 6 trillion dollars — more than what the entire industry has ever made, worldwide, and counting. As we said before: all reason is long gone"
Wow, no incentive there!