UK's Ofcom imposes robust age checks on porn sites, which could include photo ID matching, facial age estimation technology, and credit card checks
Ofcom sets out new rules that could include photo ID matching and credit card verification — The UK media regulator will make it harder …
Financial Times Daniel Thomas
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Discussion
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@kwirl
Roger
on bluesky
What you mean is that porn has an opportunity to once again lead the way forward with a resurgence in print media
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@james.claims
James
on bluesky
This includes social media sites so by July, Bluesky has to implement this for me and other UK Users or be fined up to 10% their turnover, or be blocked by ISPs/Mobile providers. — All porn sites must ‘robustly’ verify UK user ages by July www.bbc.com/news/article...
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@mobiledom
Domenico Lamberti
on bluesky
think what you want about porn, but the UK is a nation of horny motherfuckers. — this will not stand here, this will get laughed or stormed out before it even gets to the floor. [embedded post]
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r/europe
r
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All porn sites must ‘robustly’ verify UK user ages by July
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@yakey00
@yakey00
on bluesky
Republicans continue their “your body, MAGA's choice” campaign. — www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
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@shenkin
Allie Shenkin
on bluesky
Not that anyone asked for a large experiment on the presumably-mollifying effects of porn on violence by teenagers, but looks like we're about to get it. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
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@kissphoria
Gwen Howerton
on bluesky
Justice Kagan gets into the other laws in other states. A third of the country now has some sort of age verification law on the books. Kagan asks: will some of these pass through the eye of the needle and satisfy strict scrutiny? www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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@kissphoria
Gwen Howerton
on bluesky
There are compelling arguments that age gating is effective and constitutional. But the Texas law is a badly written, overly broad law. For one, it classifies pornographic websites as any sites where “one third” of its content is “harmful to minors” — bsky.app/profile/davi...…
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@espiers
Elizabeth Spiers
on bluesky
Sam wants you to know he only ever read Playboy for the articles [embedded post]
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@kissphoria
Gwen Howerton
on bluesky
Alito gets into a question of whether or not the ID verification at stake in Ginsberg - showing ids to buy porn at a store - burdens youngish looking adults who are of age but get carded because of how they look.
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@kissphoria
Gwen Howerton
on bluesky
After a discussion of what percentage of material can be considered material “obscene to children”, which FSC says is around 70% on websites FSC represents, Kagan asks to get back to the questions of scrutiny.
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@kissphoria
Gwen Howerton
on bluesky
Justice Alito is asking if websites like Pornhub have “essays, modern day Gore Vidal, stuff like that” like the old playboy
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@kissphoria
Gwen Howerton
on bluesky
Gorsuch says he's worried about creating a “constitutional regime that prefers technology” when discussing the differences between brick and mortar stores and online porn
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@kissphoria
Gwen Howerton
on x
Justice Alito is asking if websites like Pornhub have “essays, modern day Gore Vidal, stuff like that” like the old playboy
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@matthewstoller
Matt Stoller
on x
People dunking on Alito for this are being idiots. The lawyers for porn sites are trying to make the claim they are protecting important speech, Alito is forcing them to admit it's just about selling porn.
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r/technology
r
on reddit
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Texas Law Limiting Access to Pornography
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r/scotus
r
on reddit
Supreme Court seems open to age checks for online porn, though some free-speech questions remain
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r/politics
r
on reddit
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Texas Law Limiting Access to Pornography
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r/politics
r
on reddit
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Texas Law Limiting Access to Pornography