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Blocking content is absolutely pointless, and ironically increases demand. Circumventing controls and doing something you shouldn't is exciting.

Personally I don't have a problem with porn and I'd rather not see this used as a way to weasel in real id verification systems into websites which I think is the real motivation here.

Next it will require real id for comment forums to quell "hate speech", and then eventually to identify dissenters and other utopian pursuits.




Governments taking the role of parents.


Parents aren't technically competent enough to do this kind of thing properly. Governments, on the other hand… aren't technically competent enough either.




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