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cm0002@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days ago

The age verification effect: adult site traffic plummets, VPN use soars

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cm0002@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days ago
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Age checks force privacy-focused Brits to find potentially risky workarounds
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    They’re lying to you. It’s 100% a porn ban

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      It’s 100% a porn ban

      It’s 100% a play to have positive ID on every single user of megacorp sites so they can be surveilled and controlled.

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        The best actions are the ones that fulfill more than one goal.

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      And moving on from this, you’re gonna be amazed at what they can define as “sexually explicit material”

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        They’re already openly being anti LGBT with it so the slippery slope is 90°

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      How do you know?

      There’s no such big religious movement in the UK, so where would that even come from?

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        It’s international. It doesn’t need to be based in England.

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          England

          Jeez.

          Anyway, I’ll not be watching a random YouTube video but if you have a written link that explains how British MPs are influenced by this international cabal or whatever, I’ll read it.

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        These people are in too deep.

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