Porn site age-check law demanded by media regulator

[The Don]

One rather important point is that this isn't ever going to actually happen - "article claiming some are trying to get it so that it will be a legal requirement". If I wrote a letter to the PM asking him to make it a legal requirement that fat people can't wear skirts or shorts it wouldn't mean that it's actually on the government agenda but this same article could be written

Of course It just amazes me that people seem to think it would be ok for a law like this to be put in place.

[Rachel]

You're missing the point entirely. If the law won't be a bad thing then why would the government do everything in their power to stop it? Why are you in favour of the government fulfilling the role of parent?

Because you clearly see most of the parents doesn't do anything about it. Although there is a possible way to block it is by calling your service provider maybe and block the site.... but they will try to bypass it like they do at school. So with putting this law down, it might be better and more efficient. That's all I am saying

Just remember, doesn't mean this will be in place

[scottish]

So basically read a page of crap from Zammy, nice.

Yeah this won't happen anyway haven't they tried to do stuff before with porn lol

[peteyt]

Because you clearly see most of the parents doesn't do anything about it. Although there is a possible way to block it is by calling your service provider maybe and block the site.... but they will try to bypass it like they do at school. So with putting this law down, it might be better and more efficient. That's all I am saying

Just remember, doesn't mean this will be in place

Putting a law down means nothing. It is illegal to download copyrighted content e.g. music, films etc. and yet teens do it all the time and when they block sites like the pirate bay they just find workarounds e.g. proxies, VPN's etc.

If they did this for free services I wonder if it would mean it wouldn't come on a billing statement as no money would be given. If so there would be nothing stopping teens using parents cards just to pretend they where old enough.

But like a few have said I don't think this well ever happen. The porn filters currently being set up by the government and ISP's aren't going to well with a lot of important sexual health sites being mistaken for porn sites and blocked

[GommeInc]

Entirely a problem with the parents. If they cannot control their children it is their fault. Also, has fake ID suddenly become a thing of the past? How will they enforce this law?

[Rachel]

So basically read a page of crap from Zammy, nice.

Yeah this won't happen anyway haven't they tried to do stuff before with porn lol

Crap?? I'm just pointing out my point of view lol

[Kyle]

allow parents to be sole regulators of child porn use / introduce more potential for privacy invasion and allow internet scam market to boom as a result of more people willingly(?) entering their credit card details online for things they don't actually pay for.

the former is the lesser of two evils as far as I'm concerned. if parents are worried that their children are watching porn, restrict them. If they don't care that their children are watching porn, then why should the state?

interestingly enough, this is something apparent in south korea where, due to excessive internet use and widespread problems of child gaming addiction, curfews are enforced and personal info (social security # as far as I remember) is required to log on after a certain time. this is in a culture where pro gamers make a lot of money and children neglect their studies to progress on ranking ladders. I wonder, @XxZammyXx; what you think the harmful effects of pornography are and what measures you think can be put in place (aside from an all-out government ban/extremely invasive regulation) to reduce them.

[Rachel]

allow parents to be sole regulators of child porn use / introduce more potential for privacy invasion and allow internet scam market to boom as a result of more people willingly(?) entering their credit card details online for things they don't actually pay for.

the former is the lesser of two evils as far as I'm concerned. if parents are worried that their children are watching porn, restrict them. If they don't care that their children are watching porn, then why should the state?

interestingly enough, this is something apparent in south korea where, due to excessive internet use and widespread problems of child gaming addiction, curfews are enforced and personal info (social security # as far as I remember) is required to log on after a certain time. this is in a culture where pro gamers make a lot of money and children neglect their studies to progress on ranking ladders. I wonder, @XxZammyXx; what you think the harmful effects of pornography are and what measures you think can be put in place (aside from an all-out government ban/extremely invasive regulation) to reduce them.

Maybe contacting the service provider and tell them to ban all pornography out of reach. I am not even sure how they will do this but if they are planning to do so, then there is a way to block it. It is not harmful but just kids shouldn't watch that sort of thing anyways.

[Kyle]

Maybe contacting the service provider and tell them to ban all pornography out of reach. I am not even sure how they will do this but if they are planning to do so, then there is a way to block it. It is not harmful but just kids shouldn't watch that sort of thing anyways.

contradictory, don't you think? by virtue of being harmless it causes no harm and thus needs no regulation?

[Rachel]

contradictory, don't you think? by virtue of being harmless it causes no harm and thus needs no regulation?

I still think there should be something that they cannot access it but anyways .