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really_that_one t1_iy9lp9z wrote

Why is the UK gov seemingly constantly trying to do stuff like this? Does the UK population as a whole have a significant concern with the viewing of nsfw content?

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BallardRex t1_iy9o1jf wrote

Tories are just patronizing bastards, bred in the bone, and they’re so far from understanding the tech in question that they end up being led by their registered members… who are in their 80’s.

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PublicFurryAccount t1_iya4dt1 wrote

Why though?

From an American perspective, it always looks like the UK is trying to outlaw being vaguely scummy.

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moirende t1_iya09kc wrote

Canada, under the Liberal Party, is actively seeking to introduce a variety of internet censorship laws, a murky extra-legal tribunal system that can be easily abused to circumvent due process, rules that would force search engines and platforms like YouTube to change their algorithms to prioritize and de-prioritize content based on criteria selected by the government, and all manner of other not particularly “liberal” legislation.

All of this appears to stem from the belief that they know better how people should live their lives than the people they govern, and are therefore taking the opportunity to force their own ideals on everyone else.

This, by the way, from a Prime Minister who was caught having worn blackface as an adult so many times he can’t even remember them all and then “apologized” by saying this was a learning moment for everyone, and also who loudly expresses his support for feminism but later blamed his victim for experiencing their encounter differently after it came to light he had groped a young reporter. So maybe not the kind of person we might want dictating morals to everyone else.

In other words this isn’t a left-right problem, it’s the slow encroachment of authoritarianism into everyone’s day to day lives by the entrenched elite.

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snapper1971 t1_iy9qge0 wrote

It's not just nsfw material, it's the self-harm, pro-ana, pro-suicide material on-line that youngsters are accessing.

Children and young teens don't have the intellectal fibre to realise the signs of self-radicalisation and change their habits.

Should does that mean we should all face extra layers of security and user verification online? It's difficult to know. Does the technology exist to allow for the restrictions the government wants to introduce? No.

Edited to correct typing/syntax

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endbit t1_iy9v2q7 wrote

I've always found it incredible that back in the days of not so portable computers it was 'the internet is for porn' & the worst of the world is online, keep your computer in a common room in your house so that you can keep an eye on your children etc, to oh a pocket sized computer let's all give them to our children.

Should the government stay out of adults personal online life without warrent, hell yes. Should children be protected online, also yes. That's the dilemma. Its easy to say personal responsibility and do some parenting but many parents are absolutely clueless on tech and children get hurt.

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PublicFurryAccount t1_iya4s79 wrote

You can’t protect children online without diminishing the freedom of adults because there is not really a way to reliably filter out children. That’s always been the problem and there is no solution to it.

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grrrrreat t1_iy9soz7 wrote

Pandering to the base so they can feed billionaires their gruel

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