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The Scam of Age Verification (pornbiz.com)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A lot has happened in the past month: the EU Commission (the executive branch of the EU) publicly attacked the three largest porn sites — including us — over our supposed obligation to prevent minor access, while completely ignoring far larger mainstream platforms.

AV implementation was also scheduled to begin in France in June 2025, but was later halted — though only temporarily. However, it is set to come into effect next month in the UK — July 2025.

And just yesterday — June 27 — the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a devastating decision that opens the door to broad state regulation of adult content, effectively allowing AV laws with minimal constitutional constraint.

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

I'm not really against age verification, the problem is that I'm very, very against having a government backed database of all porn I visit. Nobodies really assured me that current implementations aren't doing that.

Plus, at the rate we're going I'm not really sure how much longer porn will be legal, free speech rights be damned. Both the right and the left and the younger generation seem fully invested in 'save the kids' mentality these days.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Age verification doesn't work

Kids and teens are very good at bypassing restrictions. It only penalizes those who follow the law.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We need somebody to invent a way to prove your age without proving your identity.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Pop-culture quiz about 90s and 00s. Select what is a floppy disk from presented pictures of different media devices. Pick all anachronic buildings on that 2002 NYC landscape photo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Clever!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You do realize that someone who is 18 was born in 2007 as of 2025?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's in zoomer years. That doesn't hold any water.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Ah, the Leisure Suit Larry tactic of age verification.